Last Thursday, the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission voted 6-1 to deny a petition from environmental groups seeking to impose stricter regulations on the state’s commercial Dungeness crab fishery.

Hamilton died Feb. 10 in his Sequim home. He was 83. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Dungeness Community Church, 45 Eberle Lane, Sequim. His family asks that, in lieu of flowers, ...