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Commercial Dungeness in Northern California on hold indefinitely – fishermen and wholesaler’s haggle over prices.

While local commercial crab fishermen were given the green light to start fishing Dec. 1, they won’t start until wholesale buyers agree to lock into a price. Currently, wholesalers are offering $2.50 a pound, while fishermen are asking for $3, the same price wholesalers agreed to pay in central California, according to Wild Planet Foods President Bill Carvalho. more@humboltbeacon