National Fisherman

Dungeness Crab

The Port of Coos Bay obtained $1 million in federal Community Project Funding for the Charleston Shipyard Enhancement Project. Oregon Coast Visitors Association photo.

Coos Bay obtains $1 million federal funding for fishing dock improvements

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A Dungeness crab pot. California wildlife officials are delaying the 2026 crabbing season opener until at least Jan.1 to avoid gear entanglement risk to a reported abundance of humpback whales. CDFW image.

California crab opener delayed into 2026

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Photo courtesy of CDFW

Fisherman pleads guilty in crab pot theft case

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Trained responders use a grapple to grab an entanglement trailing behind a North Atlantic right whale in Northeast waters. Center for Coastal Studies photo/NOAA Permit # 24359.

Whale entanglements were up sharply in 2024, NOAA says

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Two fishermen saw their commercial fishing licenses revoked following extensive and repeated violations in California’s lobster and Dungeness crab fisheries. California Department of Fish and Wildlife photo.

California cracks down on trap abandonment

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Sub Sea Sonics/Guardian popup systems and crab pots stacked out at the end of trials on the vessel Jacqueline L. Steve Melz photo.

California fishery trials ‘whale-safe’ crab gear with big results

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The 40-foot fishing vessel Das Bug navigates the Yaquina Bay bar. Yale Fogarty / Finer Image Photography ©

Three rescued, one missing after Oregon crabber capsized

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Trained responders use a grapple to grab an entanglement trailing behind a North Atlantic right whale in Northeast waters. Center for Coastal Studies photo/NOAA Permit # 24359.

Whale entanglement reports declined slightly in 2023, NMFS reports

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Noyo Net Works in Fort Bragg, Calif., helps keep boats as far away as Alaska fishing, offering everything from salmon gurdies to trawl nets, crab pots and more. Paul Molyneaux photo.

Gearing up at Noyo Net Works

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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

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