Commercial Dungeness Crab Season Opens
(Newport, OR) -- Commercial crab season will open Monday on part of the Oregon Coast. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife says commercial crabbers will be able to place pots for Dungeness crabs starting today from Cape Falcon, near Manzanita, to the California border. Testing shows crabs have a minimum amount of meat required and levels of domoic acid are below the safety threshold. North of cape Falcon, the season will remain closed until crabs gain weight.



