Oregon drivers could soon have a new option for their license plate that supports one of the state’s favorite coastal crustaceans. Sales of the Oregon Dungeness Crab plates would raise money for ...

Wildlife officials are asking the public to report sightings of this long-legged, furry-clawed crustacean. Read Story ...

The state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife said in a statement the closure is meant to reduce entanglement risk to the whales as they forage off the Golden State’s coast.

As of 6 p.m. on April 15, commercial crab fishing will be closed in California's Fishing Zones 4, 5 and 6, from Pigeon Point in San Mateo County to the U.S./Mexico border, California Department of ...

All open Fishing Zones remain under a Fleet Advisory for both the commercial and recreational Dungeness crab fisheries.

From crab cakes to claws to legs to salad ... Generally, blue, snow, and Dungeness crabs have a similar salty-sweet flavor, but differences in taste will occur based on factors like the saltiness ...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) says a fisherman along the lower Columbia River, in the border region of ...

“Unfortunately, it has been six years we've been delayed or closed early for whales,” said Brand Little, a San Francisco Dungeness crab fisherman who is among those participating in the pilot ...

Their mitten-shaped claws are thick and hairy ... Unlike Oregon’s native Dungeness crabs, mitten crabs are difficult to catch. Since they are opportunistic omnivores, they’re less inclined ...