NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The U.S. government is launching a new program to combat the scourge of abandoned crab and lobster traps, which can dilute harvests and kill other fish in coastal waters from Maine ...

Oregon has extended rules restricting the state's lucrative Dungeness crab fishery in order to protect humpback whales from becoming entangled in ropes attached to crab traps, the state's fish and ...

Thousands of stone crab traps have been lost in the Gulf of Mexico due to beach renourishment projects. A group of Southwest Florida fishermen has filed a lawsuit seeking $236,000 in damages for their ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Bay Area crab fishermen are hoping new test results will help them recover their spring season. The crab season this year was cut short to protect migrating whales. The tests ...