A recent crash in population prompted a multi-partnership study to analyze crab abundance patterns in the Pacific Northwest.

Whales that get caught in Dungeness crab fishing gear have left fishermen and environmentalists scrambling for a solution.

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According to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife ... know why or when they will happen." To capture crab larvae, a light trap is deployed from docks in Washington and British Columbia.

"These can include crab traps that have been set with no marked floats and actively fishing without proper escape mechanisms or rot cord as required by regulation," the bulletin added.

Entanglement in fishing gear is a leading threat to endangered whales and sea turtles. Trap fisheries, like California’s commercial Dungeness crab and New England lobster fisheries, are threatening ...