Abandoned crab traps threaten wildlife along the Texas Coast. Here's how volunteers can help.
It’s almost that time of year again for volunteers to help Texas Parks and Wildlife with a crucial conservation task: ...
Invasive Crabs Have Taken Over New England. One Solution? Eat Them.
Small, fertile, rugged and fueled by an expansive appetite, the species, he says, is “an exemplary invader, a perfect invader ...
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The $50 million question: Can California’s Dungeness crab fishery coexist with whale conservation efforts?
Generations of fishermen have fueled a vibrant Coastside community, but for an increasing number of fishermen, passion isn’t ...
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Florida Rule to Protect Diamondback Terrapins From Recreational Crab Traps to Take Effect Wednesday
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.— A new rule aimed at protecting diamondback terrapin turtles from drowning in recreational blue crab traps will go into effect Wednesday, March 1. The Florida Fish and Wildlife ...
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Derelict Blue Crab Traps (IMAGE)
Stacks of derelict crab traps collected from the Chesapeake Bay as part of the Virginia Marine Debris Removal Program. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news ...
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Low stock numbers usher in a ‘devastating’ Dungeness crab season
After a late start to the Dungeness crab season, fishers along the West Coast, including Santa Cruz County, are reporting extremely low stock numbers. It’s not clear why there are so few full-sized ...
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Crab catch dwindles in Indian River Lagoon
But that was still less than half the peak year of 1987. Before 2008, there were thought to be as many as 1.3 million blue crab traps in Florida waters. But after the state moved to limit the ...
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Florida Approves Rule to Protect Diamondback Terrapin Turtles From Collection, Drowning in Recreational Crab Traps
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.— Following nearly two years of advocacy and a petition filed by conservationists and turtle experts, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission approved a final rule today ...
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Abandoned crab traps threaten wildlife along the Texas Coast. Here's how volunteers can help.
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 ...
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The $50 million question: Can California’s Dungeness crab fishery coexist with whale conservation efforts?
In total, he has set out 250 crab traps. Every buoy is attached to a thin rope that stretches 200 feet down to a cylindrical, metal-and-wire pot on the ocean floor. Day spent the previous month ...