West Coast Dungeness Fishermen and Processors Agree to $2.90 Opening Price, Lower Than Last Year
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Newport News Times and SeafoodNews] by Dennis Anstine - December 28, 2015
Fishermen and processors agreed Dec. 22 on an opening price of $2.90 for Dungeness crab — 20 cents less than last year — due primarily to the detection of domoic acid in the crustacean that delayed the season for more than a month,
Fishermen will begin dropping their crab pots at 8 a.m. on New Year’s Day, and start hauling them aboard their vessels at 9 a.m. on Jan. 4. The season was scheduled to begin on Dec. 1.
At the retail level, Susan Chambers reports Dungeness crab meat prices at local markets around Oregon at $30 per pound, primarily for picked meat from frozen sections. - MBR
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