and he does not have a position on reopening dredging until the data is in. The Commission will meet in September to set rules for the winter. Populations of blue crabs in the Bay have ticked ...

The June vote had passed narrowly by 5-4, despite warnings about the harmful impact of winter dredging on blue crab populations. The winter dredge fishery primarily targets female blue crabs ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hopper dredge vessels, Yaquina and Essayons, begin Grays Harbor outer harbor maintenance dredging April 8.