Washington Authorities Seize 714 Pounds of Undersized Dungeness Crab in Westport
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife police officer Lanny McOmber recently investigated a tip about a commercial Dungeness crab vessel delivering undersized crab in Westport.
Officer McOmber responded to Westport and located an offload from the suspect vessel, and an initial inspection quickly confirmed the vessel had delivered undersized crab. The vessel's 3,900-pound offload was set aside for inspection.
With the help of Fish and Wildlife Captain Dan Chadwick, an inspection of the entire offload revealed that the vessel had delivered 500 individual undersized Dungeness crab totaling 714...
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