California’s 2024 Dungeness crab season postponed to protect whales

For the sixth consecutive year, California officials are delaying the Bay Area’s commercial Dungeness crab season because of the “high abundance” of migrating humpback whales already getting ensnared by old crab-pot fishing lines and other gear—while conservation groups are again expressing frustration with what they say is a too-slow transition to safer fishing methods. For the sixth consecutive year, California officials are delaying the Bay Area’s commercial Dungeness crab season because of the “high abundance” of migrating humpback whales already getting ensnared by old crab-pot fishing lines and other gear—while conservation groups are again expressing frustration with what they say is a too-slow transition to safer fishing methods. Plants & Animals Ecology Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories