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Dungeness Crab

Dungeness crabs in a live hold. Oregon DFW photo.

CDFW closes Northern Dungeness fishery

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Sponsoned and lengthened from a 1973 Nichols Brothers boat, the Ingot, the Channa Sea has a number of interesting design features including a high wave wall, a tunnel under the pilothouse for setting longline pots, and the hydraulics and RSW located in the bow. Yale Fogarty photo.

Boat of the month: Channa Sea

Paul Molyneaux

Dungeness crabs caught off California. California Department of Fish and Wildlife photo.

Whale entanglement spurs push for pop-up gear in crab fishery

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Serious threats to California's critically endangered species, including the Dungeness crab, red abalone, and Pacific herring, were highlighted in a new climate change study. Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

Climate threat casts a shadow over Calif. commercial fisheries

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A new line marking rule was approved for traps used in the state Dungeness crab fishery. Photo by Thunderbird Design Studio/ Shutterstock

Washington approves new line marking rule for Dungie fishery

Nathan Strout

Dungeness crabs in a live hold. Oregon DFW photo.

500 undersized Dungeness crabs caught by Washington vessel

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The 70-foot Miss Tiffanie, a Delta Marine Industries boat built in 1982, is at anchor in Lituya Bay, Alaska. On its 2021 journey to western Alaska, the boat had to carry buoys outside the traps when transiting Canadian waters.

Boat of the month: Miss Tiffanie

Paul Molyneaux

Dungeness crabs caught off California. California Department of Fish and Wildlife photo.

Dungeness trap restrictions tighten as whales move in

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A team of scientists from NOAA and the WDFW is closely monitoring Puget Sound's Dungeness crab populations using tracking technology and environmental analysis. Photo by Oregon DFW

Tracking Dungeness crabs amid changing waters

Carli Stewart

DOGE Alaska is a group of citizens who are researching waste, fraud, and abuse. It’s a project and not a formal organization. Photo by Mary Capriole

$2.4M grant found supporting tribal households

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WDFW opened their state’s coastal season after detailed test fishing and data analysis. Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries/ Austin Trigg

West Coast Dungeness crab kicks off after rigorous testing

Carli Stewart