The possibility of changes to the recreational Dungeness crabbing rules is more than a possibility. CDFW will be holding a webinar on Tuesday evening to discus proposed regulations. Here's their notification, from their calendar:
3 — Recreational Dungeness Crab Regulations Scoping Webinar, 6 p.m. An informational webinar regarding potential regulation changes for the recreational Dungeness crab fishery to improve accountability and reduce marine life entanglement risk. Potential measures include pot limits, catch reporting, surface gear restrictions, service interval requirements, marking requirements and changes to in-season management. Additional details will be made available on CDFW’s Whale Safe Fisheries webpage at www.wildlife.ca.gov/conservation/marine/whale-safe-fisheries. For more information, and to be added to the interested parties list, please contact whalesafefisheries@wildlife.ca.gov.
I haven't seen the proposed regulations so I can't comment on them other than to say, remember how easy it used to be? We have all been living in the good old days.
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They talk about whale and turtle entanglement. In all my trips I've seen one leatherback, in the summer. Have you seen turtles?
uh...yeah. Told ya. The regs (if not already decided) will be discussed tomorrow at the Commission meeting.
Dandy
I heard a rumor that the Commission will be instituting strict dress codes for the 2020 season.
If the state wants more money it may want to have us purchase crab permits. I don't trust this state or the politicians. They did it for abalone, now for crabs??
Just leave the abalone thing alone, we all know the abs and kelp have been decimated,and we won't see that harvest in our life time again... hang on boys we are in for a ride on the California liberal Express
The thing that is insane to me is that there are still harvest limits on sea etchants.
If locas start decimating crop land the farmers and government do what ever they can to get rid of the inspects.
Drunken blogging! Urchin, cropland and whatever.
It's the small mistakes.
Thumbs, we will be able go for abalone in 2022 for sure. Keep the faith Matey.
dropped 5 pots yesterday (monday) 3 hour soak. 2 at 100-115 feet. 3 at 150-160 feet. 10 keepers. 6 in one of the deeper pots. Fished near bird rock/point Lingcod were very active. 2 of us landed 6 keepers with some other bites in only a couple hours. I had my underwater camera on. 100 feet of water and it was so clear. water is very clean. I saw lots of lingcod down there. Will let everyone know when I post the footage. Its so cool to see what it looks like down there. Good luck!
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