Get your crab crackers, plastic bib, and butter ready because the crabbing season in some parts of Washington begins today.

ASTORIA, Ore. — Marine toxins, skinny crabs and contentious price negotiations have all had a hand in delaying the start of Oregon’s lucrative commercial Dungeness crab season in recent years.

Fishermen in Oregon, Washington and California caught 12.2 million pounds of Dungeness crab worth $60.6 million during the 2020-2021 season.

Regional State officials delay commercial Dungeness crab season in parts of Washington, Oregon Commercial crabbing from Washington's Klipsan Beach south to Cape Falcon in Oregon won't open until ...

Only male Dungeness crabs can be harvested commercially, and only when they reach a size of 6 1/4" width. Arya Surowidjojo / OPB For the first time since 2014, the commercial Dungeness Crab season ...

Off Washington state's coast, crabbers get early start to season, haul in bounty of Dungeness crab For fishers, processors and retailers, this is a welcome change from the past six years when the ...