SAN FRANCISCO -- After weeks of delays, Bay Area crab season finally started Wednesday. Crab season was supposed to start on November 15, but was put on hold due to migrating whales and sea turtles.

Bay Area fisherman have anxiously awaited the start of the season but with mounting frustration in light of the closure of the salmon season last year, and the earlier start of the Dungeness crab ...

SANTA CRUZ >> The crab pots were piled eight high along the Santa Cruz Small Craft Harbor dock Wednesday afternoon as Dungeness crab fisherman loaded boats in preparation for Saturday’s long overdue ...

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SAN FRANCISCO - Commercial fishermen are most likely going to be crabby after the latest announcement from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. The opening of the Dungeness crab commercial ...

San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf typically bustles this time of year as workers prepare to haul millions of pounds of Dungeness crab that are a tradition at Thanksgiving and other holiday meals. But ...

For Northern California and Monterey Bay, no species historically defines fishing more than the Dungeness crab. It is right up there with king salmon as a premier catch for both sport and commercial ...

It’s safe again to eat Dungeness crab caught off the Bay Area coast, state officials said Thursday in lifting a three-month health warning about the tasty crustaceans. The decision by the California ...

Seafood lovers pining to catch, sell and eat fresh crab may have to wait a bit longer after a task force of fishing industry representatives said Tuesday they would prefer to open the commercial ...

(AP) - Crab pots are sitting empty on docks, boats are idled and fishermen are anxiously waiting for California authorities to open the lucrative Dungeness crab season. California has delayed the Nov.

For Northern California and Monterey Bay, no species historically defines fishing more than the Dungeness crab. It is right up there with king salmon as a premier catch for both sport and commercial ...