Northern Oregon, Southern Washington to Open Feb. 1 for Dungeness Season
Finally! After several rounds of testing, the Columbia River area and Southern Washington areas have crab with quality sufficient to open the season. Or, they likely will have crab sufficient to open the season by Feb. 1.
The final round of testing showed areas north of Cape Falcon, in Oregon, had crab that met the quality tests: 23.9%. The southern Washington area was almost there, at 22% (the threshold is 23%). The additional time will ...
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