Crab Season 2024 California. The commercial dungeness crab season in california will be curtailed to protect humpback whales from becoming entangled in trap and buoy lines, officials. Crabbing is one of washington's most popular recreational fisheries.
5 in two fishing zones in northern california, stretching from the border between sonoma and mendocino. The california department of fish and wildlife announced that it will close off crab fishing for most of the california coast starting at 6 p.m.