Commercial Dungeness Crab Season Put On Hold for 3 Calif. Counties
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has put the Northern California commercial Dungeness crab season for Mendocino, Humboldt and Del Norte counties (Fishing Zones 1 and 2) on hold until Dec. 1.
State fish and wildlife officials said in Nov. 25 announcement that the opener was being delayed because crab meat quality tests could not be conducted due to high domoic acid concentrations in crab collected at Northern California port locations.
The agency also said that additionally high numbers of humpback and blue whale were observed in these fishing zones, creating an elevated entanglement risk.
The commercial Dungeness crab fishery delay in Fishing Zones 3 through 6, which constitutes the rest of the California coast, is scheduled to continue due to the presence of hum...