The 2013-14 commercial Dungeness crab season also marks the first season that the Dungeness crab trap limit program will be in effect. The program consists of seven tiers of trap allotments ranging from 175 to 500 traps. Dungeness crab vessel permit-holders can only fish the maximum number of traps within their respective trap tier. Washington and Oregon implemented their trap limit programs in 1999 and 2006, respectively. California now joins those ranks.
More information on the Dungeness crab trap limit program, please visit: www.dfg.ca.gov/marine/invertebrate/traplimit.asp