• Reducing risk of marine life entanglements in crab gear
• Commercial crab traceability (crab harvest areas)
• About the Dungeness crab fishery
• About a Dungeness crab
• Crab season opening weekly updates
• Closed area transit registration and declaration forms
• Commercial crab landings
• Post-season derelict gear recovery program
• News and publications
• Crab domoic acid rules advisory committee information
• Crab identification
• Commercial Synopsis (pdf)
• Commercial shellfish OARs (48 pages pdf)

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Commercial crab landings

In Oregon, commercial Dungeness crab landings from the ocean and Columbia River have averaged 18.4 million pounds per season with an average ex-vessel value of 49.7 million dollars, over the last twenty years. The 2004-2005 season saw a record high of over 33.5 million pounds of crab landed and the 2021-22 season saw a record high of over 91.5 million dollars ex-vessel value.

Current season landings summary

• 2024-25 Dungeness Crab Season Summary (posted 6/18/25)

Contacts

Troy Buell - Marine Resources Program, Newport
Phone: (541) 867-4741
E-mail: Troy.V.Buell@odfw.oregon.gov

Lindsey Noordman - Marine Resources Program, Newport
Phone: (541) 961-0855
E-mail: Lindsey.L.Noordman@odfw.oregon.gov