Move made to protect migrating whales from fishing lines
For the fourth consecutive year, California officials are delaying the Bay Area’s commercial Dungeness crab season to decrease the chances of migrating whales currently off the coast getting ensnarled by the crab-pot fishing lines.
The order came down Friday evening from Charlton H. Bonham, director of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Although another assessment will take place on or before Nov. 23, an opening date in time for California residents to enjoy Dungeness for the Nov. 24 Thanksgiving holiday is unlikely. That assessment could, however, lead to an opening date of Dec. 1, officials said.
Oceana, a Washington, D.C.-based ocean conservation organization, praised the postponement and equipment limits. Entanglement can have tragic consequences for whales swimming or feeding off the coast, said scientist Geoff Shester, the group’s California campaign director.
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