The Bay Area’s Dungeness crab lovers can now put local crustaceans on the menu. After a weeks-long delay, crab fleets on Wednesday were allowed to pull up their first haul from the waters off ...

Eric Catapang, left, and Ian Balmy weigh and unload hundreds of Dungeness crab from the fishing boat of Dano Snell and his son, Cole, during the first official day of commercial crab fishing ...

Dungeness crab, named for a coastal village in Washington, has been harvested off the West Coast since San Francisco fishermen began catching the crustaceans in 1848. Experts are optimistic the ...

Dungeness crab season opened for 2022 this past Saturday. ... Please send any reports, pictures or questions to [email protected]. Originally Published: November 11, ...

Harvesting Dungeness using hoop nets or crab snares remains legal, as neither of the techniques includes overnight or multi-day soaks that can cause whale entanglements.

Junior Jimenez holds up Dungeness crabs after unloading it from a fishing boat during the first official day of commercial crab fishing season at Pillar Point Harbor in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on ...

This season, fishermen can start dropping their crab pots on Jan. 5, and only in the two most northern California zones. In central and southern California no start date has been announced.

Oregon's commercial Dungeness crab fishery opened on the traditional Dec. 1 start date for the first time in years with one of the highest starting prices per pound for fishermen on record.

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Dungeness crab also buoys the coast economy in summer when the delicacy is served to tourists at restaurants. Price fluctuations In 2021-22, a limited supply caused crab prices to surge.