The Dungeness crab fisheries across most of the U.S. West Coast are set to open Wednesday, 1 December.
The Dungeness season in Oregon, Washington, and Northern California are set to open on time after years in which the opener has been delayed. The Tri-State Dungeness Crab Committee, which manages the fishery under the auspices of the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, said preseason testing revealed high meat yields and little to no trace of domoic acid, the primary reason for delays of previous openers…