Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is implementing temporary rule changes for Dungeness crab fishers in the 2025-26 season ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission voted 6-1 on Feb. 20 to deny a petition to modify commercial crabbing rules to reduce the ...

COOS BAY, Ore. — For many people, when Dungeness crab is on the menu, it’s a go-to in Oregon. It's a savory treat that fuels a multi-million dollar a year industry in the state. “If I could, I'd eat ...

Just about every estuary on the Oregon Coast, from the Necanicum at Seaside south to Brookings, has bank or pier access to crabbing, both for pots and for a wide variety of traps cast with hook and ...

ASTORIA, Ore. — The commercial Dungeness crab season had been set to open Monday in most of Oregon and Washington state, but price negotiations and ocean conditions kept boats at home. Crabbers told ...

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 ...

This is an adapted excerpt from the Nov. 17 episode of “The Rachel Maddow Show.” Two weeks from now marks the official start of Dungeness crab season off the coast of Oregon. Dungeness crab is one of ...

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 voted 6-1 on Feb. 20 to deny a petition to modify commercial crabbing rules to reduce the risk of whale entanglement, although it urged the state agency to ...