The Mendocino Voice | Mendocino County, CA (https://mendovoice.com/tag/crab-season/)
CDFW reports a high number of migrating humpback whales as a factor in delaying the start of the commercial season.
High whale numbers and low quality meat have meant opening delays of more than a month.
High numbers of whales off the California coast and low quality crab meat in testing are keeping the commercial fishery closed.
The Lost and Abandoned Gear Removal Program will start pulling crab traps out of the waters off of Humboldt and Mendocino counties April 27.
Commercial Dungeness crab season opened on time Tuesday night, for the first time since the 2014-2015 season, but at least one local fisherman says the volume of crab here isn’t what it used to be.
