The start of commercial Dungeness crab season has been delayed until Dec. 15 for the fishery south of the Sonoma/Mendocino county line due to the risk of marine life becoming tangled in fishing gear.
“No vessel may take, possess or land crab in an area closed for a significant entanglement risk,” the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said in an announcement. “Fishing gear may not be deployed in any area closed to fishing.”
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