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| Snow Crab |
Last night a group of friends got together for an Alaskan snow crab
dinner. Here on the north coast of California it is dungeness crab
season, except it isn't. Because of domoic acid poisoning, a deadly neurotoxin, this year's crab season remains closed. I brought all the shells home to compost. This morning, I read this story about a family raising 6000 lbs of food on a tenth of an acre. They make their own gasoline out of cooking oil and only use $12 a month in electricity. I was already feeling ashamed about how much crab I ate last night, then wake up to a reminder of what we each could do to become less of a burden on the planet. I'll be out composting the crab shells while you enjoy the video.
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| Dungeness crab |
"Domoic acid, which can cause seizures or death in humans, began showing
up in crabs after colossal algae blooms caused by unusually warm ocean
waters started disgorging the neurotoxin in April. Recent state testing
still detected it in a few northern areas such as Fort Bragg, and it’s
those test areas that commercial crabbers are hoping will come up clean
soon so the season has a chance of finally starting." SFGate story By
Kevin Fagan and Jenna Lyons
story by Seth M