A juvenile humpback whale was found last November stranded on an Oregon beach, outside Yachats, with fishing gear in its ...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has issued a fleet advisory for the commercial Dungeness crab fishery in all waters off Oregon, highlighting an increasing number of whale entanglements. The ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Conservationists are asking the state to take action after a whale became tangled in crab gear and had to be euthanized on the Oregon Coast last month. The groups formally ...

Last year, there were 36 whales entangled with commercial fishing gear off the coasts of Oregon, Washington and California, or found entangled with West Coast fishing gear off the coasts of other ...

SALEM, Ore.— After four humpback whales were entangled this year in Oregon commercial Dungeness crab fishing gear, conservation groups today formally petitioned the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission ...