This week, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife completed its assessment of the Monterey Bay, finding that there are not enough humpback whales in the area to warrant the stoppage of the ...

After little sign of rebound, it was canceled again for ... to think about how we are all going to adapt.” Alaska's snow crab fishing industry came to a standstill in 2022 after an alarming ...

These endings were not a tragedy, but rather a positive sign of social progress. It’s time for the commercial crab fishing industry to go. The survival of whales depends on our compassion ...

so it’s crucial not to overlook strong evidence that “pop-up” fishing gear can help them continue to fish while protecting whales from deadly entanglements in conventional Dungeness crab ...

Entanglement in fishing gear is one of the main human causes of death and serious injury in whales on the West Coast. Commercial Dungeness crab gear makes up the largest portion of identifiable ...