Officially, the clams are still under a "don't eat" advisory from the Department of Health, but the samples of gaper clams we sent were tested and found to have no detectable PSP in their flesh, so the advisory on clams will likely be rescinded this week. In other news, the Ocean Salmon Information Meeting was in Santa Rosa on March 1. There were not a lot of good things to be said about the salmon situation, especially on the Klamath. Over the next week the Pacific Fishery Management Council will meet in Vancouver and, among other things, will come up with the three regulatory alternatives for ocean salmon fishing. My crappy guess is that there will be a season with some closures and restrictions on the early part of the season to protect the winter run chinook. At best, it doesn't look like it will be a great season but at least it looks like we'll have one. Probably.
      Crabbing has been fairly slow in the bay except for some good days on the pier. A few guys have done really well with snares around the pier in the last few weeks, limiting out in a couple of hours. There are more that tried and failed, but the Dungeness are there if you are lucky and skilled.