According to KCBS early this morning, a portion of the Dungeness fishery not affected by the Cosco Busan oil spill is open to commercial fishing. However, no local crabbers from Sonoma to San Mateo have reportedly gone out, the Chronicle reported this afternoon.
Commercial boats take in seawater from outside to keep their catch alive, so if they travel through contaminated water, the crabs become contaminated. Fears of contamination, even a perceived threat of contamination, kept boats in the harbor Thursday. From the Chron:
“All our guys are holding,” San Francisco Crab Boat Owners Association president Larry Collins said. “No one is fishing for crab and no one is buying crab.”The same held true at Half Moon Bay and Bodega Bay, where harbors masters confirmed that crab boats were at the docks, with pots still stacked…As of this afternoon, the harbor masters at Half Moon Bay’s Pillar Point and Spud Point at Bodega Bay had neither seen nor heard from the boats.
According to KCBS early this morning, a portion of the Dungeness fishery not affected by the Cosco Busan oil spill is open to commercial fishing. However, no local crabbers from Sonoma to San Mateo have reportedly gone out, the Chronicle reported this afternoon.
