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Fish Report for 11-8-2013

Keeping Dungeness Crab from San Francisco Bay?

11-8-2013
California Department of Fish & Wildlife

Question: Why it is illegal to keep Dungeness crab from San Francisco Bay?

Answer: San Francisco Bay is an important Dungeness crab nursery area, so that's the reason this area has always been considered off limits to the take of Dungeness crab by both sport and commercial fishermen.


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