And they’re not the only ones who are being cautiously optimistic.
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Filmmakers Benjamin Drummond and Sara Joy Steele examine the state of the Pacific coast crab fishery in their short documentary, High Hopes: The Future of the Dungeness Crab, winner of this year's Yale Environment 360 video contest. Watch it here:
Learn more about NOAA's research into toxic algae blooms and their causes and consequences, here.