I purchased 3 Dungeness Crab at Food Maxx yesterday. The 3 crabs costs me $29. The last time we tasted Dungeness was last year. My stomach was aching and mouth watering when I saw the crabs. I was planning to cook honey baked ham and potato souffle, but when I saw the crabs, our dinner menu was changed. We ate the crabs with gusto. It was delicious and worth every penny I spent. I hope the price will decrease soon as the supply will exceed the demand.
The Crab Industry is directly related to climate changes and global warming. Here's the latest news on California Dungeness Crab fishery*.
“California’s Dungeness crab fishery is one of the most progressively designed and collaboratively managed fisheries on the West Coast,” Oppenheim said, while warning of possible long term problems due to global warming. “Our crab populations are stable and doing well. Yet climate change continues to threaten crab fisheries in complex and unpredictable ways.”
“In California alone,” he said, “Dungeness crab fishing is worth $50-$60 million to the local economy. Losing this economic driver would mean disaster to fishing families and would be an irreplaceable loss to Bay Area culture. We can’t allow that to happen, and that’s why we’re taking a stand now.”
This week, the federation of crab fishermen in California and Oregon filed a lawsuit that seeks to hold 30 fossil fuel companies responsible for contributing to climate change that has warmed oceans, leading to the crab-season delays in recent years and the resulting economic hit to the industry. Oppenheim said the 2015-16 closure cost the fishermen and folks up and down the supply chain $110 million in lost revenue.
“Climate change is impacting the oceans by increasing average sea temperatures, increasing the frequency and intensity of marine heatwaves, destabilizing and disturbing marine wildlife populations, affecting ocean circulation, and increasing the frequency and severity of harmful algal blooms,” the group said in its lawsuit. “These changes threaten both the productivity of commercial fisheries and safety of commercially harvested seafood products. In so doing, they also threaten those that rely on ocean fisheries and ecosystems for their livelihoods, by rendering it at times impossible to ply their trade.” *(https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/11/15/fishermen-head-out-on-opening-day-of-the-2018-recreational-dungeness-crab-season/).
Donald Trump pay attention to climate change and global warming! For the latest climate assessment report read:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/23/climate/highlights-climate-assessment.html
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