PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Conservationists are asking the state to take action after a whale became tangled in crab gear and had to be euthanized on the Oregon Coast last month. The groups formally ...

Filed by the Center for Biological Diversity, Oceana, Natural Resources Defense Council and the American Cetacean Society, the petition asks officials to open a pathway for fishers to use pop-up ...

…Well, let’s start with crabbing, followed by a full news trap. Love Dungeness crabs, but stymied on both ends by sticker shock at the market’s fish counter and the lack of a boat in the driveway?

Oregon’s Dungeness crab fishing community came out in force Friday against proposed rule changes aimed at protecting humpback whales from becoming entangled in fishing gear. The rules, proposed in a ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Commissioners for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife voted no on a petition that would’ve modified the rules for crab fisheries in an effort to prevent whale ...

NEWPORT, Ore. — Oregon’s commercial Dungeness crabbing season has been delayed until mid-December after wildlife officials say crabs in some areas haven’t yet met the size requirements. The commercial ...

The Beaver State provides residents and visitors plenty of opportunities to participate in outdoor activities, such as ...

As part of its ongoing plan to prevent the entanglements, last year, the state of Oregon mandated that commercial crabbing operations reduce the number of pots they deploy and stick to shallower ...

After at least four humpback whales were entangled this year in Oregon commercial Dungeness crab fishing gear, conservation groups are petitioning the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission to adopt ...

The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission has voted to deny a petition to implement a sweeping new set of rules around the deployment of gear used in Dungeness crab fishing. Conservationists are ...