Dungeness Crab

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Monday that the commercial Dungeness crab season will open Wednesday January 15th.  The 2025 season will start Klipsan Beach on the Long Beach Peninsula south to Cape Falcon, OR.  This in...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife reported Monday that Invasive European green crabs have been captured near the port of La Push.  This is the first time this invasive species has been reported in this location.  Between traps and hand captures, 33 crabs were removed during the first week of August.   “The detec...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced this week the Puget Sound recreational summer crab-fishing season will have two additional days in most marine areas; August 27th and 28th.    “With the addition of these two crabbing days in many Puget Sound marine areas (except Marine Areas 10 and 11), the pre-Labor Day summer fishery will be similar to the recent year average season lengt

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Recreational Dungeness crab fisheries on the Washington coast from areas north of Point Chehalis will reopen to crab fishing. This includes the popular waters of Grays Harbor. Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife fishery managers are able to reopen these specific coastal areas after testing showed domoic acid levels in crab met standards for safe consumption ...