Crab Fishery Hits a Hiccup: One Hot Crab in Oregon Muddles Management
While crabbers and fishery managers made plans to open the Dungeness season in Oregon, Mother Nature dropped a bomb -- and a bomb cyclone.
On Thursday afternoon, Jan. 5, all seemed fine: All areas tested clear for domoic acid and an area in Washington showed meat quality did not meet Tri-state fishery management protocols. Everyone anticipated a Jan. 15 opening for most or all of Oregon.
But Friday morning, Tri-state fishery managers discussing the season opening when ODA notified them of one "hot" crab with domoic acid ...
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