State health agencies determined that Dungeness crab from the southern boundary of the Reading Rock State Marine Protected Areas (41β° 17.6β N. latitude) to Cape Mendocino, Humboldt County (40β° 10β N. latitude), pose a human health risk due to elevated levels of domoic acid and recommended a delay of the recreational Dungeness crab fishery. Following this recommendation, CDFW Director Meghan Hertel has delayed the recreational Dungeness crab fishery in this area.
https://wildlife.ca.gov/News/Archive/additional-recreational-dungeness-crab-area-delay-in-portions-of-humboldt-county-due-to-public-health-hazard
π Positive
π Neutral
βΉοΈ Negative