There is no elegant way to eat crab straight from the shell.

The first harvest of fresh Dungeness crab is in and folks are lining up to purchase the long-awaited crustaceans. Fisherman’s ...

The Bay Area’s commercial Dungeness crab season can begin Jan. 5, state officials announced Friday, now that many of the ...

California's commercial Dungeness crab season is set to open on January 5 with limits on the number of commercial traps ...

CDFW is also lifting the temporary recreational crab trap restriction beginning Jan. 2, 2026, at 8:01 a.m., between the California/Oregon border and Cape Mendocino (40°10’ N. latitude) and between the ...

No Dungeness crabs on the table this Christmas - and that's becoming par for the course in the industry. The crabbing season ...

A trap restriction is in place in the northernmost part of the state due to the risk of whale and sea turtle entanglements.

The season will open later than its traditional start to protect whales in fishing zones off of the Bay Area coast.

University of Oregon biology professor Alan Shanks created a way to predict the size of Oregon's Dungeness crab catch by ...

Many Bay Area families swear by local Dungeness crab at the holiday dinner table. But for the seventh straight year, commercial crabbing season has been delayed — this time until January. So if you ...

Bay Area commercial crab fishermen are waiting for another assessment in December to get a better idea of when they'll get the green light to harvest Dungeness crab. Years of shortened seasons have ...

The endangered whales are moving on. It's safe for San Francisco fishermen to catch Dungeness crab again. Commercial fishing ...