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NEWPORT, Oregon After starting on time for the first time in years, Oregon’s Dungeness crab season is seeing a record-breaking haul. KGW reports crabbers have brought in about $80 million this seaso. ....
1:04 KLCC s Brian Bull reports on how the market price for Dungeness crab has increased for some crabbers since fishing began. The good news is, the market price for crab is up since a deal was reached nearly two weeks ago. Processors then agreed to $2.75 a pound. But Taunette Dixon of the Newport Fisherman’s Wives group – who owns a crabbing vessel herself – said that’s improved for some since. A Eugene fish market owner opens a large tote filled with Dungeness crab. Credit Brian Bull / KLCC “We delivered to a local plant here and received $2.75 on the 16th, Dixon told KLCC. I called a friend who was a live crab buyer, and their price is $4 per pound right now.” ....