Aunty -
I occurs to me that the next set of information we need to have in hand to argue our case is what portion of the commercial crab catch is sold out of state. I find it hard to believe that to get the best price for their crab that a significant number are sold out of state.

If indeed crab is being sold in non-Washington markets how is that making them available to the Washingtonians?

Tight lines
Curt