Queensland fishers have backed a ban on lightweight crab pots that clog up waterways and kill marine life. HAVE YOUR SAY Queensland’s Department of Primary Industries has revealed 54 per cent of ...

EDMONDS — Washington State Ferries is asking crabbers to keep their crab pots out of ferry lanes after stray traps caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages to three vessels last summer. The ...

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 ...

PORT TOWNSEND, Wash. (AP) — Over 12,000 crab pots are lost in Washington state’s Puget Sound every year, costing an estimated $700,000 in lost harvest revenue, and more poignantly, damaging the sea ...