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For Fishing Zones 1 and 2 -- the area from the California-Oregon border to the Sonoma-Mendocino county line -- will have the start of the Dungeness crab season further delayed "due to the inability to conduct industry-sponsored meat quality testing," with the season opening at 12:01 a.m...
NEW REGULATIONS FOR COMMERCIAL DUNGENESS CRAB FISHERY EFFECTIVE OCT. 30, 2018 October 21, 2018Managing Editor The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) enacted new regulations to reduce the[…] Read more SPINY LOBSTER REPORT CARDS ARE DUE BY APRIL 30TH ...
In California, fishing season for the Dungeness crab has been delayed due to high levels of a dangerous neurotoxin.JEFF GLOR, MIREYA VILLARREAL
2.A boat in Half Moon Bay has a commercial salmon fishing permit from the last season. 3.Crab pots are piled on the deck of a commercial fishing boat in Half Moon Bay.(Loren Elliott/Los Angeles Times) Smith has turned to the business of burials at sea, taking grieving families to scat...
Shoreline: A commonly encountered crab while fishing in rocky areas of the central and northern coast but rarely sought out by anglers due to the difficulty of using crab hoops and snares in such areas. Boats: Available to boaters in rocky areas but generally they take a backseat to those ...
Crab Fishing on Hold; Price Keeps Northern California Fishermen on the DocksGreenson, Thadeus
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California Brown Box Crab On a lovely fall day in sunny southern California, I was pulling lobster gear with my husband. We were returning octopus, crabs, and various other species back into the water. I couldn't believe this seafood wasn't being enjoyed by our local communities. Being from...
A guy on the pier is pulling up a crab and the other crabbers send up a cheer. “Hey Tommy. Why here, every day, this spot? Always this same spot?” “Well, I don’t have anywhere else to be. I don’t have a job,” he says. I don’t mention that I know he once did. ...