MENDOCINO Co., 11/05/19 — Recreational Dungeness crab season opened on Saturday, November 2, but due to high levels of domoic acid, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is warning people on the North Coast not to consume crab viscera caught from Shelter Cove to Point Arena, and from Point Reyes in Marin County south to Pillar Point in San Mateo County.

Domoic acid can cause nausea, diarrhea and dizziness, and even seizures and death, but the CDPH will continue to monitor domoic acid levels and re-evaluate their warnings regularly if the levels drop.

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Kate Maxwell is the publisher and a founder of The Mendocino Voice. She lives inland but goes to the ocean as much as possible.