And they’re not the only ones who are being cautiously optimistic.
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.