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Crab

Business Environment Government Science 

Judge Asked to Stop Harvest of Horseshoe Crabs for Blood

March 5, 2021March 5, 2021 ERIKA WILLIAMS
Crab, drugs, South Carolina, vaccines

The arthropod’s milky-blue blood contains a substance that can detect dangerous endotoxins in drugs and vaccines, which has played a key role in recent coronavirus vaccine development.

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Environment 

Loitering Whales Delay California Crab Season Opener

November 5, 2020November 5, 2020 NICK CAHILL
California, Crab, Endangered Species Act, fishing, whales

With an abundance of whales off the coast yet to begin their winter migration south, California’s renowned commercial Dungeness crab season will be delayed for the second consecutive year.

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Business Environment Government Regional 

California Plans to Protect Whales From Crab Traps Rankle All Sides

June 29, 2020June 30, 2020 BIANCA BRUNO
California, Crab, fishing, marine biology, regulation, whales

At a public hearing Monday on proposed regulations for managing whale and sea turtle entanglements in commercial crab fishing gear on California’s coast, one thing was clear: no one’s happy.

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Environment Government 

Fewer Whales Caught in Crabbing Gear After Settlement

September 3, 2019September 4, 2019 NICHOLAS IOVINO
California, Crab, Endangered Species Act, fishing, Settlement, whales

Fewer whales were found caught in fishing gear off the West Coast this year, indicating that a settlement that ended California’s Dungeness crab season early appears to be working thus far.

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Environment Government 

California Settles Suit Over Whale Deaths in Crabbing Gear

March 26, 2019March 27, 2019 NICHOLAS IOVINO
California, Crab, fishing, marine biology, oceans, Settlement, whales

The state of California will roll out a sweeping set of changes to protect endangered whales and sea turtles from the dangers of crabbing gear entanglement under a settlement announced Tuesday.

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Courts Environment Regional 

Crabbing Gear Blamed for Whale & Turtle Deaths in California

October 3, 2017October 4, 2017 NICHOLAS IOVINO
animals, California, Crab, Endangered Species Act, fishing, marine biology, turtles, whales

The state of California lets Dungeness crab fishermen inadvertently kill endangered whales and sea turtles by authorizing fishing gear that traps the threatened creatures, environmentalists claim in a new lawsuit. 

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Environment 

Disaster Declared for West Coast Fisheries

January 23, 2017October 4, 2017 JUNE WILLIAMS
Crab, Disaster, fishing, salmon

Nine West Coast salmon and crab fisheries have been declared a disaster, allowing fishing communities to seek relief from the federal government.

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Business 

West Coast Crab Strike Ends in 12-Cent Increase

January 9, 2017 NICK CAHILL
California, Crab, strike

West Coast Dungeness crab fishermen struck a deal Friday with a major seafood wholesaler to end a strike that kept fishing boats from Washington to California docked for over a week.

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Business 

Crab Wholesaler’s Price Cut Spurs Fishing Strike

January 3, 2017January 4, 2017 NICK CAHILL
California, Crab, strike

California’s crab-fishing fleets remained in harbor over the holiday weekend as West Coast commercial fishermen continued their strike against a holiday price drop brought by an influential wholesale buyer.

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