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Report | March, 2023
Pathway to Pop-Up Fishing Gear: A Roadmap to Authorizing Pop-Up Fishing Gear in the California Dungeness Crab Fishery
Whale and sea turtle entanglements have increased off the U.S. West Coast, resulting in fishery closures
that shorten the duration of the California Dungeness crab fishing season. Current crab fishing methods,
with a pot on the seafloor connected to a surface buoy by a vertical line floating in the water, create the
potential for wildlife to swim into a line and become entangled. This can lead to injury or death for a
whale or sea turtle as it drags the gear for miles and may struggle to feed or surface to breathe as a
result. This report outlines a step-by-step approach to the testing, authorization, and scaled-up use of
pop-up fishing gear in the California commercial Dungeness crab fishery to allow continued fishing in the
presence of whales and sea turtles.
Media Contacts:
Ashley Blacow-Draeger, ablacow@oceana.org
Jamie Karnik, jkarnik@oceana.org
