Oregon's Dungeness crab season is coming up, but there’s a problem looming over this fishery. The ropes and buoys that allow crabbers to collect their crab pots from the seafloor can injure and even ...

EDMONDS — When crab pots get tangled in ferry propellers, it’s the taxpayer who gets pinched. A poorly dropped pot can cause hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages. In 2017, three vessels had to ...

PUGET SOUND, Wash. — Huge crowds are expected to line up to board the ferry system through the holiday, but the return of crab pots in the water could cause even more concerns. Buoy lines that mark ...

SEEMS I STIRRED up a hornet’s nest. Thursday’s outdoors column opened by discussing the trouble recreational salmon anglers encountered when they came in contact with commercial crab pots left to soak ...

Mar. 19—Starting May 1, a reduced pot limit and 14-day landing requirement will be in effect for the Washington coastal Dungeness crab fishery. The intent of these requirements is to reduce the risk ...

No more vertical lines The gear lets fishermen use a remote-operated, acoustic release device to pop-up a crab pot from the ocean floor rather than have it tethered to a floating buoy. Pots can be ...

EDMONDS — Washington State Ferries is asking crabbers to keep their crab pots out of ferry lanes after stray traps caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages to three vessels last summer. The ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- U.S. fisheries are facing more closures because of gear that can harm marine life including endangered whales. New technology that has helped reopen fisheries along the east coast is ...

After years of a shortened crab fishing season aimed at preventing whale entanglements off the West Coast, California crabbers are experimenting with a new fishing method that allows them to stay on ...