The summer season is a very busy time for the Washington State Ferries when several million people are expected to catch a boat. But it is also a busy time for crab fishermen. However, improperly set ...

The long-delayed local commercial Dungeness crab season is expected to begin Monday, but seafood lovers eager for fresh local ...

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 ...

Approximately 11,000 crab pots are lost in Puget Sound every year. Most of the loss comes from recreational use and user errors. As the derelict pots still capture crabs after being abandoned in the ...

ABOARD THE NICOLE C, Salish Sea – Dom Wilbur slammed the knife into the frozen squid, sending shattered ice flying. Nearby stacks of crab pots teetered as his dad throttled the boat past the Skagit ...

MUKILTEO, Wash. — Washington State Ferries (WSF) is operating without one of its ships — along one of its busiest routes — after it was damaged by a crab pot line. The Suquamish, which runs between ...

Crew members Bradlee Titus, left, and Axel Bjorklund throw out line while setting crab pots off the Sonoma County coast. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) It was a calm January morning, the ...

THIS IS A FIVE DAY JOB WITH 13 BOATS AND 26 WATERMEN. THE GOAL IS TO GET AS MUCH DEBRIS OUT OF THE BAY AS POSSIBLE. SO THIS IS ONE OF THE DERELICT, DERELICT CRAB POTS THAT WE WOULD RETRIEVE. WE JUST ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A Seattle skipper and his crew have been charged with illegally fishing for crab with pots that belonged to the Big Valley, a crab boat that sank the day the fishery was to begin.

Crab traps are back in play for California’s recreational fleet, and the timing could reshape how you spend the... The post ...