The last remaining stretch of the Northern California commercial Dungeness crab fishing grounds that has been closed for months because of high levels of harmful acid will open next week.
From Ten Mile River in Mendocino County to Shelter Cove in Humboldt County, the approximately 50-mile stretch of coastline had been closed since early November thanks to elevated levels of domoic acid — ingestion of which can cause sickness, seizures or death.
Commercial crabbers will be able to drop their traps in the area starting at 8 a.m. Friday, in what’s known as a “pre-soak period,” according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
