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Domoic acid/human health
 

- CA - CDPH Domoic monitoring page that will post the latest CA results once processed

- OR - Current Crab Biotoxin Lab Results

- OR - Process and outcomes to-date for planning future biotoxin events

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Fishing regulations/opening/closing
 

June 29, 2026 - WA - Summer fishery management

April 24, 2026 - WA - GPS coordinates and information on acoustic receivers that have been deployed in Grays Harbor.

April 23, 2026 - WA - QUIL SMA Opens and Pot Limits Take Effect May 1

April 16, 2026 - WA - Whale strandings and entanglement reporting

April 13, 2026 - WA - Permitted Gear Recovery to Begin May 1

March 20, 2026 - WA - information regarding upcoming dredging in Grays Harbor

March 17, 2026 - WA - Reduced pot limit and 14-day landing requirements in effect.

February 10, 2026 - WA - Makah Special Management Area Opens to State Fishers

January 23, 2026 - WA - Quinault PSMA Opens

January 8, 2026 - WA - Season Opening from Destruction Island, WA to US/Canada Border

December 23, 2025 - WA - CORRECTION: Fair start provisions and opening of area between Queets River and Destruction Island

December 19, 2025 - WA - 2025-26 Season opening(s)

December 8, 2025 - WA - The 2026 West Coast Marine Mammal Authorization Certificate is now available on the NOAA website and available here.

December 5, 2025 - WA -Season Opening Delayed in Washington

December 5, 2025 - OR - ODFW will be opening the season under an advisory issued for the commercial Dungeness crab fishery in all waters off Oregon

December 5, 2025 - OR - ODFW announced today that the 2025-26 Oregon ocean commercial Dungeness crab season will be opening from Cape Falcon southward to the Oregon/California border on December 16th

November 24, 2025 - WA - electronic monitoring (EM) system reminder and link to EM Activation Report

November 21, 2025 - WA - Season Opening Delayed in Washington.

October 28, 2025 - WA - Line marking reminder with correction.

October 20, 2025 - WA - For the 2025-2026 season, all surface line (trailer line) must be marked with red and black.

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Crab tests
 

December 5, 2025 - WA -Season Opening Delayed in Washington

December 2, 2025 - 2025 Preseason Coastal Dungeness Crab Test Fishery Results for WA, OR, and CA

November 14, 2025 - Dungeness Crab Test Fishery Results

2024 - Revised Pre-Season Testing Protocol for the Tri-State Coastal Dungeness Crab Commercial Fishery

Meetings & Workshops
 

November 10, 2025 - WA - Washington Fishermen's Conference held December 4-8, 2025 in Westport, WA

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California Documents
 

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Washington Documents
 

December 30, 2025 - 2025-2026 Washington Coastal Dungeness Crab Newsletter

Oregon Documents
 

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