State officials have closed recreational and commercial fishing for Dungeness and rock crab on the California coast, due to a large algae bloom that’s making the crab unsafe for consumption.
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Fishermen cautiously optimistic about Southeast Dungeness crab season
More fishermen are registered for the Southeast Dungeness crab season than the last six years. Nearly 200 have signed up so far.
Dungy crab bring $15 million at the docks
Commercial crabbers this fall added another one million pounds of Dungeness crab to a better than average season.
Southeast crabbers hauling in big Dungeness catch
It’s been a big summer season for commercial Dungeness crabbing in Southeast Alaska with a big harvest, a high price and a bump in crab boat numbers in the Panhandle.