PORT ARANSAS, Texas — You know the Little Mermaid song “Under the Sea,” right? Well, what you might not be seeing from above the sea are abandoned crab traps. That’s why Texas Parks and Wildlife ...

Reaching out of the boat with a long metal hook, marine biologist Parker White snagged the slimy buoy bobbing off the southeastern coast of Lake Maurepas on a recent windy, gray morning. As fellow ...

PROVIDENCE – Green crabs are an invasive scourge on both the East and West coasts, increasing their territory farther north to Maine and New Brunswick, and even to British Columbia and Alaska. A South ...

ON THE PACIFIC OCEAN - Dungeness crab fishermen for the first time this season hauled in pot after pot of writhing crustaceans here in a rush to fill up boats and get the valuable catch to shore ...

Last year saw some unwelcome firsts on the North Olympic Peninsula with the invasive European green crab. While most captures typically occur in the spring and summer for Makah Fisheries Management, ...

Recreational and commercial blue crab traps in all waters of the St. Johns River system must be removed from the water before Jan. 16, the first day of a 10-day trap closure, the FWC said in a news ...

Dungeness Crabs Credit: CDFW December 31, 2025 - The last area of the recreational Dungeness crab fishery in Humboldt County opened today after being delayed due to elevated levels of domoic acid.

Update: A decision was made Nov. 1 to restrict the use of traps in two zones and to delay the commercial season in those zones as well. Click here for the update. Under new rules, California’s fish ...

WAKULLA COUNTY, Fla. (WCTV) - The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is reminding crabbers that a 10-day blue crab trap closure period will begin July 20 in the Big Bend. Both ...