When a public resource can be harvested, mined or otherwise taken for private profit, the state should seek a sustainable balance between allowing such private gain and protecting the resource itself.

The Marine Fisheries Commission is expected to consider adopting more restrictions on the commercial harvest of blue crabs, a move the N.C. Carolina Coastal Counties Fisheries Coalition opposes.

How many blue crabs are in our river? A whole bunch. And you can even find some on a "farm" in Oak Hill, where you can pick ...

RICHMOND — The commercial harvest of blue crabs has been extended in Virginia as the crab population trends upward. The Virginia Marine Resources Commission voted last week to approve the extension ...

(BCN) — The commercial Dungeness crab fishing season in Northern and Central California has been delayed for a second time, until at least mid-December, by the California Department of Fish and ...

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 ...

JAMES ISLAND, S.C. (WCSC) - The state recorded a record low of blue crab numbers last year, but a bill that is currently going through legislation could change that. The South Carolina Department of ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The commercial Dungeness crab fishing season in Northern and Central California has been delayed for a second time, until at least mid-December, by the California Department of Fish ...

Chadwick Martin, 30, of Lafitte, Louisiana, was cited for alleged crabbing violations, including crabbing without a ...

(CN) — After some delay to protect migrating humpback whale populations from entanglement in fishing gear, commercial fishing for Dungeness crab can start next month in the far north of California.

(CN) — The California Department of Fish and Wildlife on Friday delayed the opening of the commercial Dungeness crab season, citing the need to protect humpback whales and other ocean life from ...

When a public resource can be harvested, mined or otherwise taken for private profit, the state should seek a sustainable balance between allowing such private gain and protecting the resource itself.