Commercial fishing for Dungeness crab, a centerpiece of Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations in Northern California, will be delayed until at least around the New Year, state officials said Friday.
The delay is intended to give endangered whales and turtles time to migrate out of state waters and avoid entanglement with fishing gear, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced in a press release.
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