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The Brief
- The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced that the commercial Dungeness crab season will open on Jan. 15 from Klipsan Beach to Cape Falcon, Oregon, with the opening date for the rest of the coast still pending.
- The season's opening is based on test fishing results, ensuring crabs have a meat recovery rate of at least 23%, indicating they are in marketable condition; recent delays in season openings are linked to later molting cycles.
SEATTLE - The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced that the commercial Dungeness crab season will open on Jan.
15 from Klipsan Beach on the Long Beach Peninsula south to Cape Falcon, Oregon. This includes the Columbia River and Willapa Bay. The opening date for the remainder of Washington's Pacific Coast is still pending.
Dungeness crabs represent Washington's most valuable commercial fishery.
The 2023-24 coastal commercial Dungeness crab season yielded state landings valued at $66.8 million, second only to the $88.2 million record set during the 2021-22 season.
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