Crab trap floats found on beaches can be identified by their markings. Float colors and numbering formats can sometimes indicate their origin. Beachcombers walking along the Texas coast often find ...

Reaching out of the boat with a long metal hook, marine biologist Parker White snagged the slimy buoy bobbing off the southeastern coast of Lake Maurepas on a recent windy, gray morning. As fellow ...

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, can ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Test results are in on a technology that could help keep a popular Bay Area seafood on the table. They're specially designed traps to fish for Dungeness crab, without ...

This Saturday marks the opening of recreational Dungeness crab fishing for the 2025-2026 season in our area.

It worked so well last year, they're doing it again. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is recruiting another army of volunteers to help with its second annual coastal cleanup of abandoned crab ...

Volunteer kayakers marked derelict crab traps in the bay across from the USS Alabama Battleship on Friday, Oct. 24.

Recreational and commercial blue crab enthusiasts along Florida's west coast, specifically from Broward through Pasco counties, are advised to remove all blue crab traps from coastal waters before ...