Getting ready for the season.Byline: The Register-Guard COMMERCIAL CRABBER crab 1 n. 1. a. Any of various predominantly marine crustaceans of the division Brachyura within the order Decapoda, characterized by a broad flattened cephalothorax covered by a hard carapace with a small abdomen David Blood of Reedsport prepares crab pots in Winchester Winchester, town, England Winchester (wĭn`chĭstər), town (1991 pop. 34,127) and district, county seat of Hampshire, S central England. Bay for a season that allows crabbers to place their pots in the water on Dec. 7 and begin harvesting them Dec. 10. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) is an agency of the government of the U.S. state of Oregon responsible for programs protecting Oregon fish and wildlife resources and their habitats. adopted a temporary rule on Friday that allows part of the coast to open Dec. 1 and the rest of the coast to open on Dec. 10. Fishermen have complained that this rule would allow crabbers from the north to set pots in southern waters before their season opens, causing more competition. Terry Newport holds a Dungeness crab Dungeness crab Edible crab (Cancer magister) found along the Pacific coast from Alaska to lower California, one of the coast's largest and most important commercial crabs. The male is 7–9 in. (18–23 cm) wide and 4–5 in. (10–13 cm) long. he caught in Winchester Bay as his friend Wil Banks watches. The lack of rain and the resulting brackish brack·ish adj. 1. Having a somewhat salty taste, especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water: "You could cut the brackish winds with a knife/Here in Nantucket" water in the bay have prompted the large hard-shelled ocean crab to move in, much to the delight of sport fishermen. CAPTION(S): TOM BOYD
Thomas "Tom" Boyd (born November 24, 1965 in Glasgow) is a former football player. / The Register-Guard Getting ready for the season COMMERCIAL CRABBER David Blood of Reedsport (above) prepares crab pots in Winchester Bay for a season that allows crabbers to place their pots in the water on Dec. 7 and begin harvesting them Dec. 10. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife adopted a temporary rule on Friday that allows part of the coast to open Dec. 1 and the rest of the coast to open on Dec. 10. Fishermen have complained that this rule would allow crabbers from the north to set pots in southern waters before their season opens, causing more competition. Terry Newport (right) holds a Dungeness crab he caught in Winchester Bay as his friend Wil Banks watches. The lack of rain and the resulting brackish water in the bay have prompted the large hard-shelled ocean crab to move in, much to the delight of sport fishermen. |
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