West Coast Dungeness Crab Quality Improving; Opening Date Still Unclear
All three states released the latest round of Dungeness crab meat recovery results on Friday and while the numbers are improving, some areas -- primarily in northern Oregon and Washington -- are close but don't quite meet the threshold.
Long beach, in Washington, increased from 18.4% to 19.4%, but is still shy of the 23% level necessary to open the season. Similarly, Astoria, Oregon, went up from 18.9% to 21.1 percent. Garibaldi met the 23% requirement, but the Newport North area, which must meet the higher threshold of 24%, was ...
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