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To learn the fate of the oceans, it helps to read clams
To pinpoint how climate change will play out, scientists are trying to solve a painstaking puzzle with clues etched in ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat13d
Bodega Bay isn’t what it used to be. How an ailing industry has transformed the fishing village
Local Dungeness crab has become more expensive — a boon to fishers ... and it may shift later to wild salmon from the Pacific ...
National Fisherman12d
Whale entanglement spurs push for pop-up gear in crab fishery
According to NOAA officials, a humpback whale became entangled in crab traps in October. Rescue efforts led by the Large ...
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Dungeness crab fishery delayed till after the new year as whale entanglements hit a six-year high
The California Dungeness crab fishery has been associated with ... Officials with the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations said the industry does its best to avoid whales and ...
Palo Alto Weekly6d
The $50 million question: Can California’s Dungeness crab fishery coexist with whale conservation efforts?
The Dungeness crab industry — or fishery — brings in ... A catastrophic marine heat wave now known as The Blob had warmed the Pacific Ocean from Alaska to Mexico by as much as 7 degrees ...
See it: Invasive species of crab spotted for first time in Pacific Northwest
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) says a fisherman along the lower Columbia River, in the border region of ...
Newsday29d
New gear could keep California crab fishermen on the water longer, and whales safe
The effort comes after reports of whale entanglements off the Pacific Coast spiked a decade ... In response, California state regulators barred Dungeness crab fishing when whales are known to ...