The state’s coastal commercial Dungeness crab season is underway, following months of test fishing and data gathering by the ...

The fish and wildlife departments of Washington, Oregon, and California ... "In recent years, crabs along Washington’s coast have been molting later, resulting in delayed season openings.

Oregon, including the Columbia River and Willapa Bay. The remainder of Washington’s Pacific Coast will see a later season-opening, with the exact date still pending. Dungeness crabs play a crucial ...

The opening date for the remainder of Washington’s Pacific Coast is still pending as the department works with tribal co-managers to finalize plans. Oregon ... indicates the crabs are in a marketable ...

Interestingly, the plumage of the chick is the opposite of the adult, and it may need to molt as many as five times until it reaches ... As carnivores, spectacled owls eat smaller birds, small mammals ...

Enticknap advised ODFW to prohibit conventional crab gear from fishing grounds when there is a high entanglement risk, and to ...

An advisory to the state's commercial Dungeness crab fleet urges caution due to the risk of whale entanglement.

America’s Northeastern coast has been overrun by crabs from ... where diners eat European and Mediterranean green-crab eggs or molting whole crabs as delicacies. I know how delicious the crabs ...

Dungeness crabs are back on the dock in Astoria and fishermen are back in business following a near two-month delay. The traditional December opening was postponed because meat content inside the ...

The U.S. state of Washington is set to open the northern portion of its coast to commercial Dungeness crab harvesting after ...