With the opening of the crab catch season still delayed beyond the crucial holiday months, a group of 11 state senators and representatives this week sent a letter imploring Governor Jerry Brown to declare a state of emergency for California’s crab industry. Doing so would pave the way for struggling fishermen to receive state aid.
Signed by Senator Mike McGuire and Assemblyman Marc Levine, the letter states that California’s fishery is losing out on the…