Commercial Dungeness Crab News
April 15, 2021 - WA - Evisceration Requirements for All Coastal WA Catch Areas are Removed Effective Immediately
March 1, 2020 - WA - Evisceration Required for Catch Area 60B (inside Grays Harbor)
January 12, 2021-WA Dungeness Crab Domoic Acid Test Results
November 19, 2020 - OR - First round of Oregon preseason Dungeness crab quality and domoic acid testing
November 12, 2020 -WA Dungeness Crab Domoic Acid Test Results
- 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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September 9, 2021 - WA - The 2020-21 Washington Coastal Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery ends at 11:59 pm on September 15, 2021.
July 2, 2021 - WA - Summer fishery management
June 9, 2021 - OR - The summer season for Oregon Dungeness crab starts on Monday, June 14, 2021.
May 18, 2021 - WA - Changes to the Quinault Special Management Area (SMA).
April 29, 2021 - WA - permitted gear recovery will be allowed in all coastal waters between the Washington/Oregon border and the US/Canada Border
April 20, 2021 - WA - Information on different types of buoy tags issued this summer.
April 15, 2021 - WA - Evisceration Requirements for All Coastal WA Catch Areas are Removed Effective Immediately
April 14, 2021 - WA - Permitted gear recovery will be allowed in all coastal waters
April 12, 2021 - WA - Quinault Special Management Area Change
April 5, 2021 - WA - Evisceration Requirements for Catch Area 60B (Inside Grays Harbor) are Removed Effective Immediately
March 30, 2021 - WA - Changes to the Quinault Special Management Area (SMA)
March 22, 2021 - WA - Makah Special Management Area Opens to State Fishers
March 16, 2021 - WA - Hold Inspections Update
March 10, 2021 - WA - New Hold Inspections Available Beginning March 18 / Only if Requested
March 4, 2021 - WA - Summer buoy tags
March 1, 2020 - WA - Evisceration Required for Catch Area 60B (inside Grays Harbor)
February 9, 2021 - WA - Season Opening from WA/OR BORDER to US Canada Border
January 15, 2021 - WA - Continued Season Opening Delay in Washington and Oregon (North of Cape Falcon)
January 8, 2020 - WA - Continued Season Opening Delay in Washington and Oregon (North of Cape Falcon)
December 18, 2020 - WA - Further delay the opening of the 2020-21 coastal commercial Dungeness crab fishery from Cape Falcon north to the US/Canada border through at least January 14, 2021
December 10, 2020 - WA - Season Opening Further Delayed in Washington and Oregon (North of Cape Falcon)
November 19, 2020 - OR - First round of Oregon preseason Dungeness crab quality and domoic acid testing
November 19, 2020 - WA - Season Opening Delayed In Washington, Oregon and California (North of Point Arena)
September 23, 2020 - WA - Digital photograph of bouy set-up required
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2020 - Revised Pre-Season Testing Protocol for the Tri-State Coastal Dungeness Crab Commercial Fishery
2020 - Preseason Coastal Dungeness crab Test Fishery Results for WA, OR and CA in .pdf version (updated 12/2/2020)
July 21, 2021 - WA - Meeting for Coastal commercial Dungeness crab rule changes
May 27th, 2021WA - June 8th virtual meeting for Washington State CARES Act relief funding
February 9th, 2021WA - Online meeting for overview of the NOAA-Fisheries approved Washington State spend plan for CARES Act
December 16, 2020 - WA - Reminder Coastal Dungeness Crab Survey 2020. Click HERE for .pdf version of survey or click HERE to go to online survey
December 11, 2020 - WA - Presentation from Dec. 10th meeting A recording of the meeting will soon be available here.
December 7, 2020 - WA - WDFW will host a meeting on Thursday, Dec. 10 to discuss development of a conservation plan for the coastal commercial Dungeness crab fishery.
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March 30-2021 - WA - Onsite Vaccine Clinic IN WESTPORT TOMORROW!
March 25, 2021 - WA - Applications deadline extended for federal relief funding to commercial fishing, shellfish aquaculture, charter and seafood sector industry members
February 19, 2021 - WA - Notice of virtual meeting for Dungeness Coastal Conservation Plan
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March 16, 2021 - OR- Whale entanglement mitigation measures effective May 1, 2021
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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)