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California Dungeness crab fisherman expand testing of pop-up traps amid continuous early season closures

Special pop-up crab trap systems, designed to avoid entanglements with whales, may be the key to saving the continuously shrinking season.

United statesGeoff shesterKim sawickiCalifornia department of fishBrand littlePale horseCalifornia department

With whales present, wildlife department stops crab fishing to reduce entanglement threat

Twenty crab fishermen have signed up to try out new gear that does not pose the same entanglement threat.

San franciscoUnited statesGulf of the farallonesMonterey baySan diegoGeoff shesterCobie smuldersRyan bartlingCalifornia department of fishNational oceanicAtmospheric administrationCalifornia departmentWest coastCalifornia dungenessBrand little

With whales present, California wildlife department stops crab fishing to reduce entanglement threat

With humpback whales heading back to their feeding grounds off coastal California and gray whales migrating north to Alaska, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced it will close the commercial and recreational Dungeness crab fisheries in southern and central fishing zones to reduce the risk of entanglements. Recently spotters with the department counted as many as 34 humpbacks in one day, said Ryan Bartling, a senior environmental scientists at the wildlife agency.

San diegoUnited statesMonterey bayGulf of the farallonesSan franciscoCobie smuldersRyan bartlingShmuel thalerGeoff shesterAtmospheric administrationCalifornia department of fishNational oceanicCalifornia departmentWest coastCalifornia dungenessBrand little

With whales present, wildlife department stops crab fishing to reduce entanglement threat

Twenty crab fishermen have signed up to try out new gear that does not pose the same entanglement threat.

Gulf of the farallonesUnited statesSan diegoMonterey baySan franciscoRyan bartlingGeoff shesterCobie smuldersAtmospheric administrationNational oceanicCalifornia department of fishCalifornia departmentWest coastCalifornia dungenessBrand little

With whales present, wildlife department stops crab fishing to reduce entanglement threat

Twenty crab fishermen have signed up to try out new gear that does not pose the same entanglement threat.

San diegoUnited statesMonterey baySan franciscoGulf of the farallonesCobie smuldersRyan bartlingGeoff shesterCalifornia department of fishNational oceanicAtmospheric administrationCalifornia departmentWest coastCalifornia dungenessBrand little

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