The commercial Dungeness crab fishing season in Northern and Central California has been delayed for a second time, until at least mid-December, by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
The CDFW cited the presence of humpback and blue whales off the coast in making the decision to delay the start of the season on Thursday. It said the number of recent incidents of whales being entangled in fishing gear had exceeded a metric that automatically required the delay.
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