Posted on 11/05/2015 7:35:15 AM PST by w1n1
This is the time of year Californians look forward to if fans of decadent crab meat. The start of the Dungeness season could be in jeopardy, however, as this California Department of Fish and Wildlife report suggests:
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued a health advisory warning individuals to avoid eating rock and Dungeness crab due to the detection of high levels of domoic acid. The advisory was followed by a recommendation from the Office of Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) to the California Fish and Game Commission and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) to delay the start of the Dungeness crab season and close the rock crab fishery. These actions would apply to each fishery from the Oregon border to the southern Santa Barbara County line.
The OEHHA recommendation has prompted an emergency meeting of the Commission, which will take place at 8 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 5 (agenda and meeting information). At that time, the Commission will consider voting to delay the opening of the recreational Dungeness crab fishery. The recreational Dungeness crab season is currently scheduled to start Saturday, Nov. 7.
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They have crabs?
This sucks!
No need to get crabby about it!
My brother was headed over to the coast this weekend. I was looking forward to cream crab on toast. I’ll have to wait now.
The last I heard was that they may be talking cancelling the entire dungeness crab season altogether. That right there could result in an economic disaster declaration that could cost the state of California hundreds of millions of dollars.
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