Two Bay Area fishermen push low-tech redesign of crab pot to protect whales — and revitalize a threatened industry

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When the largest animals on Earth become entangled in the crabbers’ ropes, they can suffer severe injury, infection and sometimes even die.

In 2016, the Dungeness crab fishery was found to be responsible for 22 of the record 48 confirmed whale entanglements off the West Coast, most of them in central California.

He’s on the ocean year-round, fishing the seasons, and said he plans to launch Saturday, despite the weather. Even on his rare day off, he goes bass fishing or volunteers his time to help test the health of Dungeness crab populations. Today, he lives in Auburn and captains the 53-foot Pale Horse, which is docked in San Francisco. His business, now much bigger than the original stand, sells fresh seafood at farmers’ markets around the state.

 

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