ILWACO, Wash. — The first of the month marked the opening day of commercial Dungeness crab season in Ilwaco -- a day that some feared would not go on as scheduled because of a large fire at a ...

Crabbing season is on in Puget Sound, but officials warn the invasive green crab can be hard to spot – especially the orange ones.

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Police (WDFWP) says a crab fisherman has been charged after allegedly taking ...

A man was charged with multiple offenses after being found in possession of at least 27 Dungeness crabs, four of which were undersized, and one of which was in soft shell condition.

Commercial Dungeness crabbing has been delayed on parts of the Oregon coast from Cape Falcon to the Washington State border amid low meat yields.

ILWACO, Wash. — A fire at a port building along the coast in Washington state destroyed more than 1,000 crab pots just ahead of the state’s commercial Dungeness crab season, which opens Feb. 1 ...

The Dungeness South Sound fishery has remained closed since 2018. It was never a large fishery compared to other areas in the Puget Sound, but it is still largely unclear why the crab disappeared.

Optimistic outlook Dungeness crab, named for a coastal village in Washington, has been harvested off the West Coast since San Francisco fishermen began catching the crustaceans in 1848.

SEATTLE — Researchers are waging a quiet battle in the Pacific Northwest to protect one of the region’s most iconic species — the Dungeness crab. Using light traps, scientists at the MaST ...

Dungeness have sustained communities for generations. Now research is underway to understand more about the crab in a changing sea.