Unless the shellfish manager and his team have a major change in attitude a closure due to low Dungy numbers will be a closure for all crabbing. Believe me when I write that Advisory Group members pushed hard for a red rock only fishery in affected areas (2018 and 2019?) and were repeatedly rebuffed. Probably one of the reasons I wasn't invited back for a second term.

Anyway, excuses included that there was no data available to support a fishery (hmmm, I recall having explained to them that when crabbing was open the season specifically included red rock so how is a stand alone red rock season a problem?) and that it would involve separate negotiations with the tribes. That latter excuse is interesting given that the Point No Point Treaty Council just issued regs for a commercial season specifically including red rock. Then there was their concern regarding poaching. Bottom line, my take on it was that they simply didn't want to have to deal with it no matter the availability of red rock and number of folks who would have participated (lost recreational opportunity).

Of course you won't find any of that in the official records because Staff didn't produce and make public minutes of those meetings.