California Indefinitely Delays Start to Commercial Dungeness Fishery for High Levels of Domoic Acid
SEAFOODNEWS.COM by Michael Ramsingh - November 9, 2015
Severely high levels of a domoic acid detected in California's Dungeness crab fishery forced officials to announce an emergency delay to the commercial fishing season.
On Friday, the state's Department of Fish and Wildlife announced the delay to the season originally scheudled to commence on November 15. The decision came just days after the recreational season was also put on hold. The closures are the result of severely high levels of the domoic acid biotoxin detected in the fishery that have made the crab unsafe for human consumption...
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