https://www.siliconvalley.com/2023/01/12/california-will-lift-dungeness-crab-trap-restrictions-now-that-most-whales-have-migrated-south/

California’s commercial and recreational Dungeness seasons can shift into high gear in the next few days.

Department of Fish and Wildlife officials have determined from their latest assessment that most humpback whales have completed their migration south, thereby reducing the risk of entanglement in fishing gear to a seasonal low.