It’s an unsettled market going into what should be the launch of the Dungeness crab season in states on the West Coast.

The presence of domoic acid in crab, caused by a toxic algae bloom in the warmer-than-usual water off the California coast, delayed the start of the season there, while testing of crab in Oregon and Washington continued in advance of a possible 1 December opening.

Hugh Link, executive director of the Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission, said the state-supervised price negotiat…

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