The DOH-sanctioned green light was given to open both commercial and rec crabbing immediately north of the North Jetty at Ocean Shores after two separate sets of DA samples came back below the action level.

The weather window to deploy gear started on Dec 23... and more sampling was done on the same date.

Unfortunately, the results of tainted crab were NOT reported by DOH until late in the business day on Dec 28 when the order to CLOSE was promptly issued.

https://wdfw.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2020-12/coastal_crab_domoic-acid_28dec2020.pdf

So... what to do with all the tainted crab already LEGALLY harvested/sold in between those dates ???

The real question here is why did it take another FIVE days to issue a recall?
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