FORT BRAGG, 12/17/20 — 2020 has been one of the busiest, if not the very best, Dungeness crab fishing year for Tim Gillespie and his recreational party fishing boat out of Noyo Harbor, the Sea Hawk.
Recreational crab fishing season opened Nov. 7 and is scheduled to stay open through July 30 north of the Sonoma County line. Commercial crab fishers have not been allowed to start their season. The commercial season opener has been delayed for more than a month, with Dec. 23 now the opening date, due to fears about whale entanglements in crab gear and the size of sample catches. A CDFW press release says the risks posed to whales from the lines used to tie crab pots to surface floats is abating as more gray whales move south.
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