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Oregon Dungeness Crab Season Delayed Until At Least December 16
After finding that crabs had too little meat on them, Oregon's Department of Fish and WIldlife has delayed the start of commercial crabbing.
PORTLAND, OR – Another blow to the commercial fishing season off the Oregon coast. Just weeks after word that razor clam season would be postponed until March, word from the state that the start of commercial Dungeness crab season is also being put off.
Officials from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife say that preliminary testing indicated that the crabs – Oregon's most valuable fishery – did not have enough meat on them.
As a result, the start of commercial fishing, which had been scheduled to begin on Dec. 1, has been pushed back until at least Dec. 16.
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The announcement came on the heels of one late last month that razor clamming, which normally starts in October, had been delayed until next March after officials determined that the razor clams were too small to be harvested.
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