Commercial Dungeness Crab News
July 9, 2019 - U.S. Food & Drug Administration letter clarifying action level for domoic acid in the visecera of Dungeness Crab
January 31, 2019 -WA - Update: Crab Deliveries from California and Oregon
January 24, 2019 -WA - Information Regarding Crab Deliveries from Southern Oregon and Northern California
November 16, 2018 -WA - Dungeness Crab Domoic Acid Test Results 2018
November 16, 2018 -CA - CDPH Summary of Domoic Acid Levels in Crabs
- CA - CDPH Domoic monitoring page that will post the latest CA results once processed
- OR - Current Crab Biotoxin Lab Results
- OR - Process and outcomes to-date for planning future biotoxin events
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June 4, 2019 - WA - Summer Fishery Managment and Reduced Pot Limits
May 29, 2019 - OR - Summer SEason for Dungeness crab
April 29, 2019 - WA - Special Managment Area Change
March 22, 2019 - Grays harbor Hopper Dredging - South Beach Map - Half Moon Bay Map - Pt. Chehalis Disposal Site
April 3, 2019WA - Revisions to Quinault Special Management Area
February 27, 2019 - Quinault Special Management Area Change
January 9, 2019 - Season Opening Information for the Area Between the Queets River and Destruction Island
January 8, 2019 - WA - Season Opening Information for the Area North of Destruction Island
December 29, 2018 - OR - Opening ocean commercial Dungness crab N. of Capre Arago to the OR/WA border
December 29, 2018 - WA - Correction: Coastal Dungeness Crab Industry Notice
December 21, 2018 - WA - Meat Recovery Testing along the South Coast of WA
December 14, 2018 - WA -State Season opening from Klipsan Beach to the Queets River and Quinault SMA
December 7, 2018 - WA - Continued Season Opening Delayed in WA, OR and CA (N. of Point Arena)
November 1, 2018 - WA - Season opening delayed in WA, OR and CA (N. of Point Arena)
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2018 - 2018 Preseason Coastal Dungeness crab Test Fishery Results for WA, OR and CA
October 25, 2018 - WA - Preseason Dungeness Crab Test Fishery Results- October 2018
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May 13 &14, 2019 - Tri-State Dungeness Crab Committee Meeting Summary
March 26, 2019 - CA - Entanglement Settlement Protects Whales, Sea Turtles and California's Crab Fishery. Details of the settlement can be found here
March 20, 2019 - WA- Information from the first whale entanglement meeting
- WA - best Practices to reduce risk of whale entanglement
February 11, 2019 - WA - Workshop notice to review and discuss electronic monitoring tools to aboid whale entanglements
January 11-12, 2019 - WA - Whale Entanglements in the coastal Dungeness Crab Fishery - Summary Sheet
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May 31, 2019 - WDFW is soliciting nominations for individuals interested in serving on the Coastal Dungeness Crab Advisory Board - Nomination Form
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- Crab Gear/Marine Mammal Interaction Workshop - March 2017 - Portland, Oregon
- FR Notice: WA Coastal Crab buyback loan paid
- A Stinky Artificial Bait Could Protect Millions of Tiny Fish - Scientific American By Roxanne Khamsi on August 24, 2016
- A synthetic crustacean bait to stem forage fish depletion Original research article from Global Ecology and Conservation 7 (2016) 238-244
- Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission − John Sackton 2015-2016 Market Outlook video
- Bering Sea fishermen set up system to retrieve lost crab pots from last year's ice movement
- Seafood Trends November 14,2011; Dungeness Crab update
- Another Stellar Crab Season Ends; ODCC
- Seafood Trends December 13, 2010
- Washington Coastal Dungeness Crab Fishery License Buy-Back Program
- Development of a Buy-Back Program for the Washington Coastal Commercial Crab Fishery (2006)
- NPR Article - For Tips On Riding Financial Waves, Ask Fishermen
- Development of a Buy-Back Program for the Washington Coastal Commercial Crab Fishery (2 MB PDF)