China becoming a major buyer of Oregon crab

Workers unload a haul of Dungeness crab at Port Dock 7 on the Newport Bayfront. According to NOAA Fisheries, live crab exports from the U.S. to China in 2010 topped 1.4 million pounds, up from 221,532 in 2009. In 2011, that number rose to 2.2 million pounds and it’s expected to double again for 2012. (Photo by Dennis Anstine)

It’s early into this year’s Dungeness crab season and several semi-trailer trucks are being loaded with crates full of crab from the holds of fishing vessels moored at the Port of Newport’s Dock No. 7.

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