CDFW Marine Management News Blog Update: Recreational and Commercial Dungeness Crab Fisheries as of Nov. 21, 2024

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife will continue to delay the recreational Dungeness crab opener in northern California due to unhealthy levels of domoic acid in crab taken from the California/Oregon state line (42° 0.00’ N latitude) to the southern boundary of the Reading Rock marine protected areas (41° 17.6’ N latitude) in Humboldt County (Fishing Zone 1) on the recommendation of state health agencies.  The closure will remain in effect until further notice.

South of the closure area, the California Department of Public Health has lifted the advisory that warned consumers not to eat the internal organs (viscera) of sport-caught Dungeness crab Read more...