UPDATE: The California Department of Fish and Wildlife Commission voted today to indefinitely postpone recreational crab season. It remains prohibited to take crab anywhere north of the Ventura/Santa Barbara county line until the department changes its mind. “Closure of the fisheries shall remain in effect until [public health] determines that domoic acid levels no longer […]
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Crab Invasion
In the same way that pumpkin spiced everything shows up in the fall, in winter legions of crab specialties hit our county like Attack of the Crab Monsters, which maybe you caught during the Crab Festival. The overwhelm — not to mention the underwhelm — is enough to send you straight back to cracking your […]
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DIY Crabbin’
Looking for coastal fun without a long drive or risking ocean and river waters that may be too cold and dangerous for newbies in winter and early spring? Try the ultimate local watersport and do a little crabbing. Calmer bay waters and sheltered ocean coves used by recreational fisherman provide great access for the less […]
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Life of Crab
In Humboldt County, crab is tradition. A tradition for families gathering around the holiday table, and a tradition for the families whose lives revolve around the harvest season, when the crustaceans are hauled from the cold sea. It’s the morning of opening day and a line has already formed on Dock B at Woodley Island […]
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Crab.
Decadence does not have to be complicated. Christmas dinner in our family consists of three simple ingredients: homemade mayonnaise, sourdough bread and crab. That crab sandwiches have usurped ham and turkey at our table for close to a century is no surprise: The rosy-limbed crustaceans hold a special place in the heart of Humboldt County […]
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Crab Trap Limits A-Comin’
On your mark, get set, scuttle! It’s time to ponder the state’s new Dungeness crab trap limit program and — by Sept. 10 — submit your comments on the Department of Fish and Game’s initial study and proposed Negative Declaration. The program, the result of passage of Senate Bill 369 in 2011, goes into effect […]
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A Crab’s Life
On the north coast of California, humans have been spearing, grabbing or enticing Cancer magister into traps since time immemorial. In those early days, people boiled their crab in hot sand or roasted it in fire and gobbled it up; the table wasn’t far from the crab’s home. These days, however, some of our locally […]