Commercial ocean crabbing to open Dec. 31 in Oregon

NEWPORT, Ore. (AP) — State shellfish managers say the delayed commercial Dungeness crab fishery will open along all of Oregon’s coast on Dec. 31. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said Friday that the ocean commercial Dungeness crab season in Oregon is targeted to open Dec. 1, but can be...

Commercial ocean crabbing further delayed in Oregon

NEWPORT, Ore. (AP) — State shellfish managers say the opening of the commercial Dungeness crab season will be further delayed until at least Dec. 31 along the entire Oregon coast as testing shows crab are still too low in meat yield in half of the areas along the coast. The World reports the ocean...

New crab pot could help reduce whale entanglements

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s Dungeness crab season is coming up, but there’s a problem looming over this fishery. The ropes and buoys that allow crabbers to collect their crab pots from the seafloor can injure and even kill whales when they swim into them. Last year, 46 whale entanglements...