Dungeness
Britishnoun
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Menu offerings include appetizers such as Dungeness crab cakes and lobster corn dogs, and entrées such as crispy chicken Milanese, honey miso glazed salmon and a signature Skywalker Ranch Wagyu burger.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
It was particularly damaging for these fishermen because Dungeness crabs tend to be their most lucrative catch of the year, making the shellfish, Jardine said, a kind of “gilded trap.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Splurge for the Alaskan Red or Golden King crab legs, or choose a more budget-friendly and still local Dungeness or snow crab.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2025
About half the waterways where it spawned — spanning the Skokomish River on the canal to the Dungeness River near Sequim — lost their entire runs, according to the University of Washington’s Puget Sound Institute.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
Early one misty Saturday morning, he and Harry worked their way through a dripping tangle of cottonwoods and alders lining the Dungeness, evading the game warden who regularly patrolled the river during salmon- spawning season.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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