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Commercial Dungeness crab fishery

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

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Other commercial crab fisheries

• Bay Dungeness crab fishery
• Other commercial crab fisheries
  
  

News and publications

Fishery Management Plan

• Oregon Dungeness Crab Fishery Management Plan (posted 3/30/22)

Marine Life Entanglement Conservation Plan

• DRAFT Conservation plan for reducing the impact of the Oregon ocean commercial Dungeness crab fishery on ESA-listed species off Oregon (posted 8/18/21)

Industry notices (pdfs)

2023

• March 8, 2023 Marine Life Entanglement Mitigation Reminders and Late-Season Tag Order Form (pdf)

2022

• October 19, 2022 Oregon Dungeness Crab Industry Public Meeting Notice
  • Meeting slide presentation
  • Recent Crab Industry Proposed Changes Feedback Survey
  • Meeting recording (posted 10/21/22)

2021

• September 13, 2021 Draft Oregon Crab Fishery Management Plan 30-day Public Comment Period

2020

• September 24, 2020 New regulations, October Industry Meeting and Preseason Testing Updates

2019

• September 19, 2019 New Regulations and October Industry Meetings Notice
• July 5, 2019 Elimination of the two-week post-season “clean-up” period Industry Notice
• June 17, 2019 Tri-State Summary and Whale Entanglement Mitigation Update Industry Notice
• April 12, 2019 Whale Entanglement Mitigation Update Industry Notice
• March 25, 2019 Tri-State Industry notice

2018

• September 10, 2018 Upcoming Crab Public Meetings Industry Notice (pdf)
• May 11, 2018 ODFW permanent crab record-keeping requirements (pdf)
• May 11, 2018 Tri-State Industry Notice
• Mar. 14, 2018 ODFW permanent rule-making notice to industry regarding new records requirements (pdf)
• Feb. 2, 2018 Commercial crab Southern Area Season Opening Notice (pdf)

2017

• Dec 21, 2017 Commercial Crab Northern Area Season Opening Notice to Industry
• Dec. 7, 2017 Commercial Crab Season Delay Notice to Industry
• Nov.16, 2017 Commercial Crab Season delay Notice to Industry
• Nov. 7, 2017 New Crab Records Requirements Notice to Industry
• May 5, 2017 Whale Entanglement Informational Letter to Industry
• Feb 10, 2017 Coos Bay Jetty north to Heceta Head restrictions lifted
• Feb. 8, 2017 Coos Bay Jetty north to Heceta Head closure removal and biotoxin management area designation
• Feb. 2, 2017 Coos Bay Jetty north to Heceta Head Closure

2016

• Dec. 21, 2016 North of Cape Blanco Season Opening Info
• Dec. 09, 2016 South Coast Season Opening Info
• Nov. 23, 2016 Coastwide Season Delay
• Jul. 15, 2016 Post-Season Derelict Gear Program Notice to Industry
• May 6, 2016 Tri-State Meeting Notice to Industry

2015

• Dec. 21, 2015 Coastwide Opening Jan 4
• Nov. 20, 2015 Coastwide season delay
• Jul. 15, 2015 Post-Season Derelict Gear Program Notice to Industry

2014

• Nov. 22, 2014 Season opening
• Nov. 20, 2014 Oregon Round 1 Preseason Test Results
• Aug. 8, 2014 New Post-Season Derelict Gear Program Notice
• Jun. 18, 2014 Industry meetings summary, Tri-State summary and next steps

2013

• Dec. 6, 2013 Season opening
• Nov. 22, 2013 Commercial Dungeness crab season delayed
• Nov. 12, 2013 Oregon Round 1 Preseason Test Results

2012

• Dec. 10, 2012 Season opening
• Nov. 14, 2012 Season delayed

Fishery newsletters (pdfs)

• 2021-22 crab season
• 2020-21 crab season
• 2019-20 crab season
• 2018-19 crab season
• 2017-18 crab season
• 2016-17 crab season
• 2015-16 crab season
• 2014-15 crab season
• 2013-14 crab season
• 2012-13 crab season
• 2011-12 crab season
• 2010-11 crab season
• 2007-08 crab season
• 2006-07 crab season

Fishery-related documents (pdfs)

• 40 Fathom Map (best printed in color; posted 5/5/21)
• Letter of intent to apply for a Section 10 Incidental Take Permit
• Oregon Dungeness crab research and monitoring plan
• Revised pre-season testing protocol for the tri-state coastal Dungeness crab commercial fishery
• Oregon commercial Dungeness crab fishing 2018-19 directive to minimize whale entanglement risk

Oregon Department of Agriculture letters to processors for HACCP plans (pdfs)

See the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) website for the most current biotoxin data for Oregon crab

• 2019 February 1
• 2019 January 3
• 2018 January 15
• 2016 December 23
• 2016 December 13
• 2015
• 2014
• 2013
• 2012

Contacts

Kelly Corbett - Marine Resources Program, Newport
Phone: (541) 867-4741
E-mail: Kelly.C.Corbett@odfw.oregon.gov

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