https://www.siliconvalley.com/2025/04/04/commercial-dungeness-crab-season-closes-in-monterey-bay-bay-area-whale-entanglements/

Due to the dangers presented to humpback whales, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced it will end commercial and recreational Dungeness crab fishing south of Pigeon Point, including Monterey Bay and Morro Bay, on April 15.

Vertical lines will be allowed to continue in other parts of Northern California, including Zones 1-3 in Half Moon Bay, San Francisco and Bodega Bay, where whales are now returning to their feeding grounds.