California’s crabbing season delayed again to protect humpback whales

The Guardian UK ^ | 24 November 2021 | Gabrielle Canon in Los Angeles

[blueplum]

Those hoping to snag a Dungeness crab for their Thanksgiving table may find them in short supply this year, after the commercial crabbing season was delayed again in parts of California over concerns for the endangered humpback whales that share their waters...

...“We’ve gone from a seven-month-long crab season to one that is going to be three months, at best,” Ben Platt, the president of the California Coast Crab Association told the New York Times.

Meanwhile, environmental advocates have called for stronger regulations to be enforced statewide and urged the crabbing industry to transition to ropeless gear....

[blueplum]

number one, I want to see bodies, number two, gps doesn't transmit underwater and number three, do you 'acoustically' transmit sound 160 feet through noisy waters without harming the same wildlife, to a pot that may have drifted so you don't know where it's at?

[mylife]

Meanwhile...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/thousands-pismo-clams-surfacing-slo-180000321.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

[kiryandil]

"Here we are, Pismo Beach!"

[rlmorel]

"...Those hoping to snag a Dungeness crab for their Thanksgiving table may find them in short supply this year, after the commercial crabbing season was delayed again in parts of California over concerns for the endangered humpback whales...:

This is from Wikipedia, a unarguably Leftist source.

[nickcarraway]

I was going to post anarticle about this for a while. Thanks. Although I do object to you posting this from an offshore source. What do Brita know from Dungeness crabs?

[mylife]

:)

[Glad2bnuts]

What does setting crab pots have to do with whales? The crabs are not very deep, not like shrimp anyway. 30-60 feet. Whales I am thinking need and prefer it considerably deeper.

[alexander_busek]

What does setting crab pots have to do with whales? The crabs are not very deep, not like shrimp anyway. 30-60 feet. Whales I am thinking need and prefer it considerably deeper.

Maybe, with your considerable knowledge of cetaceans and your extensive experience in crabbing, you should offer your services to the EPA?

Regards,

[mylife]

What did I say about whales? I want abalone!!

[blueplum]

What do Brita know from Dungeness crabs?

British Columbia is up there by Glacier Bay and Washington state and that’s where argueably the ‘best’ crabs come from. A shorter season means higher prices for “One of the most popular items on BC seafood menus “ :)
http://www.fishnbc.com/species/dungeness_crab.html

[TonyM]

California is expecting a dramatic decrease in crabs as Nancy Pelosi prepares to more to Florida.

[nickcarraway]

British Columbia hasn't been appreciably British in a long time, if ever. I don't think people in Manchester really know about British Columbia. I mean, Chimole isn't British food just because it's from British Honduras.

Oh, and 54-40 or Fight!

[Allegra]

What did I say about whales? I want abalone!!

Baloney? Just go get some Oscar Meyer.

Or turn on CNN.

Ohhhh…abalone. {Emily Latella voice.} Nevermind.

[real saxophonist]

We used to catch a lot of blue crabs off Jekyll Island.

I don't think any of us had heard of Dungeness crabs at that time.

[WinMod70]

I like crab legs but not enough to pay the current price. Snow crab, or if you prefer opies, legs are $17.50/lb and Kings are 2-3X more.

[Glad2bnuts]

I should do that, and have done a lot of crabbing and shrimping both. The crab pots you could pull up by hand, being set at 60’ max. The Shrimp pots, we had to rig up a motorized winch with a lawn mower engine. If you used the electric downrigger it would lose shrimp. We set those pots commonly over 200’.