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Dear Editor:

The most recent crab testing still shows unsafe levels of domoic acid.

For fishing to resume, levels need to be lower in the next three weekly tests; only then will the California Department of Fish and Game deem this seafood safe to eat. When that happens, commercial fishermen still won’t be able to fish because sport fishermen have always been given at least one week to fish before allowing the commercial boats to go out.

The proposed mid-February opening date for commercial crabbing will now most likely be early March.

Aside from the strong seas present in March, any crab left in the area will be spawning, and worse molting, which drops their overall value. The fishermen will be lucky to get one or two crabs in a pot where normally they would get 10 to 18. It costs more in fuel and bait than they will likely make back to venture out at all.

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