The Virginia Marine Resources Commission voted to review potential regulations that would require modifications to crab pots to discourage the unintentional capture of diamondback terrapins.

In early August, blue crab fans took over Lewes, Delaware, for the Crab Pot Jamboree, where the biggest catch was learning how to avoid turning your crab pot into an underwater lost-and-found.

As whale populations swell along the California coast, Dungeness crab fishermen are struggling to stay afloat. Fear of entangling whales in a minefield of ropes extending from traps on the ocean floor ...