Oregon's Dungeness crab season is coming up, but there’s a problem looming over this fishery. The ropes and buoys that allow crabbers to collect their crab pots from the seafloor can injure and even ...

While most Alaskans were preparing for Thanksgiving dinner, the residents of Tenakee Springs worked to free a whale tangled in buoys and crab pots. “We were first alerted about this entangled whale ...

President Trump announces $2,000 "tariff dividend" checks for Americans, funded by tariffs on foreign goods. by Joel Moreno, KOMO News Reporter PUGET SOUND, Wash. — Huge crowds are expected to line up ...

Mar. 19—Starting May 1, a reduced pot limit and 14-day landing requirement will be in effect for the Washington coastal Dungeness crab fishery. The intent of these requirements is to reduce the risk ...

EDMONDS — When crab pots get tangled in ferry propellers, it’s the taxpayer who gets pinched. A poorly dropped pot can cause hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages. In 2017, three vessels had to ...

After years of a shortened crab fishing season aimed at preventing whale entanglements off the West Coast, California crabbers are experimenting with a new fishing method that allows them to stay on ...

A humpback whale was freed earlier this month from an entanglement that wildlife officials considered life-threatening in the Gulf of Alaska. The whale, a juvenile, was effectively "hog-tied" for at ...

Olympic College student Dylan Diefendorf led a team to victory at the University of Washington’s Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge for a more environmentally friendly crab-pot and ...

Alaska Wildlife Troopers are seeking an out-of-season crabber near Auke Bay who had at least two pots set in the area. “Poachers essentially steal our resources from law abiding citizens,” Alaska ...