Late start for Oregon, Washington crabbing

摘要

Low meat: Oregon's commercial Dungeness crab season didn't see its scheduled Dec. 1 start, as crabs were too low in meat volume.Tests done to determine if a mid-December start date was viable showed that crabs in half of the state's fishing areas were still below the meat quality standard.As of press time, tests were pending to determine whether the season would start on Dec. 31 or be delayed further. A hybrid option would be to divide the coast into two areas and assign different start dates to each, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said.