CDFW Adopts New Recreational Dungeness Crab Fishery Regulations
by TBC Press on 11/07/21New regulations adopted by CDFW to restrict the use of crab traps in the beginning and end of the recreational Dungeness crab season due to marine life entanglement risk. The recreational Dungeness crab season is scheduled to open statewide on Saturday, November 6 for all methods of take. However, under the new regulations, the Director has authority to prohibit the use of traps in the fishery to minimize entanglement risk from lines and buoys typically used with trap gear. Crabbers should be aware that the new regulations require... READ MORE
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