MENDOCINO CO., 11/27/17 — The California Department of Fish & Wildlife announced today that the opening of the commercial Dungeness crab season will be delayed until at least December 15 due to poor meat quality test results. The delay affects Mendocino, Humboldt, and Del Norte counties. The commercial season was initially supposed to begin December 1, and it may be delayed longer depending on further test results, which the agency is hoping will be available by December 16.
Currently, recreational crabbing is open statewide, but health advisories due to elevated levels of dominic acid in parts of the north coast, where people are warned not to consume the internal organs (also called “butter” or “guts”) as they may be toxic. These include Laguna Point, Mendocino County northward to Humboldt Bay North Jetty, Humboldt County, and the Klamath River mouth, and Humboldt County northward to the Oregon border. More information about those warnings can be found here. Last year, both the commercial rock crab season and the commercial Dungeness season were restricted due to public health concerns from domoic acid.
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