Last year, the Dungeness crab season was delayed four months due to high levels of domoic acid found in the crabs caused by an algae bloom. At $6 a pound, fishermen are happy to be making money during ...

Sport crabbing starts Saturday with a warning from the California Department of Public Health to remove the guts from caught crab in order to avoid consuming the neurotoxin called domoic acid. The ...

California Dungeness Crab consumers are getting closer to having crab meat back on the table. On Thursday the state lifted its three month health warning on eating them.The ban was put in place by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A crab is shown to members of the media before an off-the-boat crab sale at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco in January. The ...

Crabs sop up microplastic pollution via their food and gills, researchers have found in a laboratory study. The tiny particles can lodge in the crustaceans’ bodies for weeks. Crabs become the first ...

Here's a warning diners don't see every day: Don't eat the crab guts. The Oregon Department of Agriculture has issued an advisory about domoic acid in Dungeness crab viscera to recreational fishermen, ...

The coast of Humboldt County is now fully open for recreational crabbing, following a partial opener in mid-December. The recreational Dungeness crab fishery can open following testing of domoic acid ...

Ellen Fort is a Nashville-based writer and editor covering the restaurant industry, food trends, recipes, and beyond. She has worked as editor for Eater SF, Sunset Magazine, and SAVEUR. Bay Area crab ...