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Crab Season Delay - Commission Meets Thursday
Cal Sportsman ^ | 11/5/2015 | C Cocoles

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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TOPICS: Food; Local News
KEYWORDS: crabbing; dungenesscrab

1 posted on 11/05/2015 7:35:15 AM PST by w1n1
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Exposure to the biotoxin affects the brain, causing them to become lethargic & disoriented ..


Finally, an explanation for the sad state of California.
2 posted on 11/05/2015 9:13:08 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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They have crabs?


3 posted on 11/05/2015 9:31:46 AM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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This sucks!


4 posted on 11/05/2015 9:35:37 AM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (It's a shame enobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
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No need to get crabby about it!


5 posted on 11/05/2015 12:49:51 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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6 posted on 11/05/2015 12:51:35 PM PST by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: smokingfrog

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.


7 posted on 11/05/2015 1:42:30 PM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (It's a shame enobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
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bummer, man!


8 posted on 11/05/2015 2:12:29 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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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.


9 posted on 11/07/2015 7:49:32 AM PST by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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