Abandoned crab traps become “ghost gear,” continuing to catch and kill sea life after they’re no longer tended by their owner. The SCDNR wants help recording their location.

In a statement to Global News, the Port of Vancouver said it will be working to inform visiting crews of Canadian licensing and regulations.

Today we have a slightly different episode, as we're not technically 'fishing', but instead crabbing! We're geared up with a very simple setup as we aim to catch ourselves some blue crabs. We talk ...

This was the third year of California-sponsored trials for the equipment used to catch Dungeness crabs while avoiding whale entanglements. Ropeless fishing gear is proving effective at avoiding whale ...

The final day of the 2026 Malesso’ Crab Festival on Sunday treated the island community to its namesake main event, the crab catching competition.

GREEN ISLAND, N.Y. (NEWS10) — On August 26, two anglers were ticketed for possessing undersized blue claw crabs. ECO Bevis noticed the anglers during a late-night patrol using a net to catch the crabs ...

Here’s another entry for “activities you probably didn’t realize were illegal in Rhode Island”: Fishing for blue crabs at night. Since the 1930s, recreational fishermen have been banned from catching ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While Charles Oliveira catches crabs for fun now, that was not always the case. Oliveira recently revisited the coastal town of ...

A recent Maryland trip taught me how essential blue crabs are in the Old Line State. On the chalkboard menu at Crabtowne USA, a fantastic sports bar in the Baltimore suburb of Glen Burnie, a dozen ...