Another Slow Year For Crab Fattening on WA’s South Coast

November 4, 2020 Chinook Observer

Dungeness crab in Long Beach Peninsula waters have the lowest percentage of meat in at least six years of late-October testing.

California Department of Fish and Wildlife Gives Dungeness Crab Commercial Season Update

California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Director Charlton H. Bonham issued a preliminary determination that commercial Dungeness crab fishing in the Central Management Area (CMA) (Districts 10, 17 and south) poses a significant risk of marine life entanglement.

First Oregon Coast Reports Indicate Good Quality Crab

January 10, 2020 Steve Card, Newport News

It’s still early in the season, but the first of this season’s Dungeness crabs offloaded at the docks in Newport’s Yaquina Bay have been good quality product.

North Coast Tradition Renewed as Dungeness Crab Delivered to Sonoma County Ahead of New Year’s Eve

The rush to renew a North Coast New Year’s tradition — feasting on freshly caught Dungeness crab — may help ease the pinch of a late start to the season for fishermen and retailers, but mediocre early returns have so far added a little lemon juice to the cut endured this year by the fleet.

‘If We Meet the Requirement, We’ll be Able to Open Dec. 16’: Oregon Crab Season Hinges on Tests

December 3, 2019 Lauren Negrete, NBC 16

“These tests are to make sure the consumer is getting the best Oregon Dungeness crab that we can possibly deliver,” explained Tim Novotny with the Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission.