A juvenile humpback whale was spotted caught in two sets of commercial crab gear southwest of Humboldt Bay on June 7. Its ...

Though regular commercial fishing is ending, a small number of fishers continue operating under experimental permits using ...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Puget Sound summer crab seasons that will begin July 3 in many ...

Conservancy of Southwest Florida and directors of the new Great Canoe Races of Naples want to make the race and associated ...

The conflict between protecting endangered species and supporting vital cultures is at play in other places as well. In Alaska, where a plan aims to revive the Chinook salmon population by suspending ...

Charity Clark, a 43-year-old mother and adventure blogger, was paddleboarding with her friend Cassie Bailey near Big Pine Key off the Florida coast when she noticed a crab buoy that seemed out of ...

Okaloosa County commissioners repealed a Crab Island vessel exclusion zone due ... made the zone too shallow for most vessels, and the buoys marking the zone have been costly to maintain.

Lobster and king crab fisheries are critical components of ... These traps rest on the ocean floor, marked by buoys for efficient retrieval. Strict regulations ensure sustainable harvesting ...

Beachcombers walking along the Texas coast often find colorful crab trap floats washed up on the sand. While these plastic or foam buoys may seem like simple marine debris, they actually hold ...

Okaloosa County is considering repealing a vessel-exclusion zone at Crab Island enacted in 2015 ... feet long and marked by 32 “No Boat” buoys, has faced numerous challenges since its creation.

The corridor was meant to allow emergency vessels to move through crowded areas of crab island ... The corridor is also marked off by buoys which the county says are often damaged each year.

But whales and the California Dungeness crab fishery are both in crisis. Whales are entangled in the lines and buoys of crab fishing gear in alarming numbers. Thirty-six whales were confirmed ...