By Ashlyn Frassinelli June 29, Save FB Tweet More. Boiled Dungeness Crab with Fennel. Pacific Seafood denies holding up the season, as stated in the Chronicle , but the crab fishermen and restaurant suppliers that Eater SF has spoken with disagree. Now, her boat is tied up in the harbor, sitting with 9, pounds of empty traps. She also owns a small market, and feels it on the retail side. Some people turned around and walked away. Restaurants in San Francisco would usually snap up those live crabs at the outset of the season, when the wild ingredient would star on menus across the city.
Senate Bill was also passed in , and the legislation gave the Fish and Wildlife director interim authority to make in-season changes based on risk assessment data. Those changes include the ability to close fishing areas, restrict gear density, and require specialized equipment, if necessary. It's important that the public understand, Bartling said, the RAMP program isn't set up to be an adversarial process and regulation.
Ultimately the director has the authority, but we really are going to depend on the fleet to implement it and make it work," he said. Fisherman Blue said he and his peers are a little jaded about the new regulations and delayed seasons because, "the fisheries of the West Coast of the United States are the most regulated fisheries anywhere in the world.
He said he does understand the need to protect endangered species. However, Blue said he's worried about the Dungeness crab industry and its future as the RAMP protocol continues to impact the season. RAMP regulations went into effect on Nov. According to NOAA, the blue whale population hasn't changed much since the early s.
A recent report states that density dependence—and not vessel strike impacts—explains the observed lack of population size increase. Blue said he and other industry members feel that if the fisheries aren't having a significant impact on the whale population, the new regulations shouldn't be as strict as they are. Staff Writer Karen Garcia can be reached at kgarcia newtimesslo. Reduce, reuse Not all single-use plastics are created equally recyclable, and a new state law aims to make that clearer.
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Aerial surveys undertaken by NOAA researchers throughout October also showed at least four individual Pacific leatherback sea turtles in the Monterey fishing zone. There are an estimated 50 of these turtles in California waters, compared to during the years to , according to the Center for Biological Diversity. Last year whale-watching trips spotted three in Monterey Bay.
The fishermen take various routes out to their fishing grounds while looking for crab gear that had been cut loose, often by the propellers of larger purse seiners.
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