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Dungeness Crab From Sonoma Coast Deemed Safe to Eat

BERKLEY, Calif. (March 22, 2016) — Dungeness crabs caught off the coast of California south of the Mendocino-Sonoma County line have been deemed safe for consumption, California Department of Fish and Wildlife officials announced Friday. Recent tests showed that domoic acid levels in crabs in the area no longer pose a risk to human health, prompting state officials to lift a closure of the recreational Dungeness crab fishery.

Additionally, a closure of the commercial Dungeness crab fishery in the area will also be lifted on March 26, according to the CDFW. Closure for the Dungeness crab commercial and recreational fisheries north of the Mendocino-Sonoma County line remain in effect. Commercial and recreational rock crab fisheries, however, remain closed north of San Simeon, as well as in state waters around San Miguel, Santa Rosa and Santa Cruz islands, CDFW officials said.

The commercial crab season was initially scheduled to start Nov. 17, but remained closed after public health officials determined crabs had high levels of domoic acid, a neurotoxin that can be harmful to humans if eaten. Domoic acid is caused by an algal bloom.

Read the full story at the Berkley Patch. 

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