Washington Hits the Magic Number to Open Dungeness Fishery
At long last, the Dungeness crab off Long Beach in Washington tested full enough to open the fishery north of Cape Falcon.
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Tuesday that Oregon's commercial Dungeness crab fishery will open Jan. 15 from Cape Falcon, on the northern Oregon Coast, to Klipsan Beach, Washington. A fourth round of preseason testing in Long Beach, Wash., shows crab quality at 24.3%, which is above the 23% necessary to open the season. In other words, it meets the optimal commercial harvest ...
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