Oregon crabbers must continue to limit the number of traps they can set in the water. The state has extended crab fishing restrictions to protect whales from becoming trapped in ropes.

It’s almost that time of year again for volunteers to help Texas Parks and Wildlife with a crucial conservation task: scouring the Texas coast for abandoned crab traps, which when left unchecked ...

FIU researchers were among a dozen boat teams and even more shoreline volunteers who participated in the latest Derelict Trap ...

Until trap season reopens, blue crabs may be harvested with other gear, such as dip nets and fold-up traps. Blue crab ...

A pilot program to test new pop-up crab traps in the San Francisco Bay Area could mean a longer fishing season and lower prices on local Dungeness crab for consumers.

Experimental crab traps could produce a whale-safe catch, while keeping the industry climate ready for crabbing season.

Florida Changes approved to stone crab trap regulations this season The new rules specifically affect aspects of recreational and commercial stone crab traps.

Bay Area crab fishermen are hoping test results from a new type of trap will help them recover their spring season after it was cut short this year to protect migrating whales.

A dolphin is in critical condition after getting caught in an abandoned crap trap, or ghost trap. Ghost traps can continue to trap sea life and harm or kill them.

Crab traps are cages that fishers attach to buoys with lines and ropes that whales can become tangled in. They have ensnared at least three, and possibly as many as five, humpback whales off the ...

The U.S. is launching a new program that will target the scourge of abandoned crab and lobster traps. William & Mary’s Virginia Institute of Marine Science will anchor the program.