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CALIFORNIA: Domoic Acid Levels Delay Commercial Dungeness Crab Season Until At Least Dec. 1

November 12, 2018 — The opening of the commercial Dungeness crab season has been delayed until at least Dec. 1 in the waters north of Bodega Head State Marine Reserve to the Sonoma/Mendocino county line because of elevated levels of domoic acid, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced today.

The commercial fishery south of this area will open as scheduled Thursday, however.

Read the full story at the San Francisco Chronicle

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