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West Coast fishermen are suing oil companies for climate change damages

Fishermen are still waiting for permission to catch Dungeness crabs off California's northernmost coast this season - and they want oil companies to pay for the delay.

State officials have postponed the start of the commercial Dungeness crab season because of high levels of a neurotoxin called domoic acid. Similar closures have wreaked economic havoc on the industry in recent years.

The neurotoxin's presence in the prized crabs has been linked to warming ocean waters,

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