Crab pots hit the water as another season begins

Daniel Cayou from Swinomish gets ready for the start of a 24-hour period of commercial crabbing last week. Member tribes of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission were set to drop crab pots in the water at 4 p.m. Photo by Oliver Lazenby.

Ed Sweeney of White Rock, B.C., enjoys the opening day of crabbing season on August 13. Without a boat, he has success wading out at low tide and crabbing at Birch Bay State Park. Photo by Chuck Kinzer.

Photo by David Riffle.