California Crabbers and Processors Settle for $3 Per Pound; Season Opens to Rough Weather
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Seafood News] - November 29, 2016
California Dungeness crab fishermen in District 6, North Jetty Humboldt Bay to Oregon Border, started setting gear Tuesday, but many local fishermen may stay tied up, according to a press release from the Humboldt Fishermen's Marketing Association.
Rough ocean conditions and a very large northwesterly swell forecast by the National Weather Service is expected to produce unsafe conditions on the ocean and Humboldt Bay Bar.
Meanwhile, boats out of Trinidad and Crescent City also begia setting pots. Dungeness crab in District 6 have tested free of domoic acid and are reported to be of exceptional quality with high meat recovery. District 6 is the only area north of Point Reyes, near San Francisco, open to crab fishing in California. Oregon and Washington could open...
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