Crab-trap buoys must display “GO ID” number of the trap’s operator. (Carrie Wilson) Q: Are there new regulations for Dungeness crab traps? I heard traps must be marked with the “GO ID” number. Is this ...

Update: A decision was made Nov. 1 to restrict the use of traps in two zones and to delay the commercial season in those zones as well. Click here for the update. Under new rules, California’s fish ...

For the past 24 years, countless volunteers band together in February to search the Texas coastline for abandoned crab traps. The abandoned traps can foul s hrimpers’ nets, snag anglers’ lines and ...

Since 2002, volunteers and TPWD staff have removed nearly 45,000 abandoned crab traps from Texas bays, saving an estimated ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

Abandoned or lost fishing gear, including traps, crab pots and nets, along with military ordnance, trashed industrial barrels and other sea junk litter coastal and offshore waters along the ...

The wiry cubes used to haul in plump blue crabs headed for boiling pots across south Louisiana are an example of old-school efficiency – except when they’re abandoned. The large number of abandoned or ...

Update: A decision was made Nov. 1 to restrict the use of traps in two zones and to delay the commercial season in those zones as well. Click here for the update. Under new rules, California’s fish ...

Update: A decision was made Nov. 1 to restrict the use of traps in two zones and to delay the commercial season in those zones as well. Click here for the update. Under new rules, California’s fish ...