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Crabbing Seasons

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Dungeness Season
Opening Date                        Closing Date

  Oregon Border

  Punta Gorda near
  Cape Mendocino

November 5, 2011

July 30, 2012

  Punta Gorda near
  Cape Mendocino

  Point Arena

November 5, 2011

July 30, 2012

  Point Arena*

  Pigeon Point

November 5, 2011

June 30, 2012

  Pigeon Point

  Lopez Point

November 5, 2011

June 30, 2012

  Lopez Point

  Point Conception

November 5, 2011

June 30, 2012

  Point Conception

  Mexico Border

November 5, 2011

June 30, 2012

  San Francisco Bay Special District
  From Golden Gate Bridge to Carquinez Bridge

CLOSED

CLOSED

* Those portions of the Point Arena to Pigeon Point area in Mendocino County close on July 30, 2011
As always, please check the
DFG’s website for updated and special closure throughout the year.

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