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    A Strong Start For Oregon's Crab Fishermen

    After a little more than a month in, the crabbing has been very strong with over 13 million pounds of dungeness harvested already, that is only a million pounds shy of the entire 2016 season. The Dungeness is caught from Alaska to Southern California and is prized for its delicious meat, which can make up 25% of the crab’s weight. Dungeness crabbing is so economically important to the Oregon coast that it was designated the official “state crustacean” in 2009. However, the Dungeness crab landings in Oregon are still showing elevated levels of domoic acid, a biotoxin caused by algae that causes amnesic shellfish poisoning (ASP) in humans and other animals.

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