Bay Area commercial Dungeness crab season delayed again by weather, pricing dispute
The long-delayed local commercial Dungeness crab season is expected to begin Monday, but seafood lovers eager for fresh local crab will have to wait a bit longer.
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The long-delayed local commercial Dungeness crab season is expected to begin Monday, but seafood lovers eager for fresh local crab will have to wait a bit longer.
California's commercial Dungeness crab season is set to open on January 5 with limits on the number of commercial traps because of the risk of humpback whale entanglements, authorities said Friday.
Years of shortened seasons have led many to leave the industry. But that's not stopping some younger generation fishermen.
Agents with California Department of Fish and Wildlife said they busted a group of more than 40 people suspected of illegally taking Dungeness crabs off the coast near San Francisco over the Labor Day holiday weekend, issuing 15 citations.
A high-tech system that involves a remote-controlled pop-up balloon-like device is helping some fishermen from getting their crab cages entangled with humpback whales.
In an effort to protect humpback whales from becoming entangled in fishing gear, state officials on Thursday announced that commercial Dungeness crab fishing would be closed later this month along the California coast south of San Mateo County.
By Sunday morning, Dungeness crab caught right off of the San Francisco coast will be available for sale because, after a lengthy delay, the Bay Area's commercial Dungeness crab season will finally start.
State officials on Friday announced the commercial Dungeness crab fishery for most of the California coast will finally open south of the Sonoma/Mendocino county line beginning Jan. 5.
Kenny Choi reports on the California Department of Fish and Wildlife finally setting a date for the commercial Dungeness crab season to start.
Less then a week before Dec. 25th and the local tradition of Christmas crab is again off the holiday menu this year as the Bay Area's commercial crab fishermen eagerly await the go-ahead for the start of yet another delayed season.
Dungeness crab from the California coast won't be on the menu for yet another Thanksgiving, after state wildlife officials announced a delay to the commercial crab fishing season.
The commercial Dungeness crab season in California will come to an end early for the second year in a row to protect humpback whales from becoming entangled in trap and buoy lines, officials announced Thursday.
After a late start to the season, commercial crab fishers along the Northern California coast are getting ready to pull their traps. Max Darrow reports. (3-31-24) Website: http://kpix.com YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/CBSSanFrancisco Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CBSSanFrancisco Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/KPIXtv Twitter: http://twitter.com/KPIXtv
Thursday was the day local crab fisherman had been waiting for after months of delays because of whale entanglement restrictions.
Kenny Choi went aboard a commercial fishing boat on the first day of the delayed Dungeness crab season in the Bay Area. (1-18-24)
The start of the crab season was underway Thursday as the first commercial Dungeness crab catches came in for customers waiting to buy right off boats docked near Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco. Shawn Chitnis reports.
Crab fishermen are off the California coast Thursday pulling up their pots on the first day of crab season following a two-month delay. Shawn Chitnis reports.
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Thursday that the commercial Dungeness crab fishery will open starting next week from the Sonoma-Mendocino county line down to the U.S.-Mexico border.
Bay Area crab fishermen are again missing out on their holiday haul, as the Dungeness crab season gets delayed into at least January.
The delay in the commercial Dungeness crab season has set back diners' and restaurateurs' holiday meal plans. José Martínez reports. (12-21-23)
State officials announced Wednesday that the commercial Dungeness crab season will start off the North Coast in early January, but the season remains on hold for the rest of the California coast.
High numbers of migrating humpback whales spotted off the California coast in recent weeks have prompted state regulators to further postpone the commercial Dungeness crab season.
Local fishermen are getting a helping hand as they eagerly wait for the commercial Dungeness crab season.
The Dungeness crab season off the California coast has been delayed a second time because of concerns over humpback whale entanglements with crab nets and poor crab meat quality, Department of Fish and Wildlife officials said Friday.
The Dungeness crab season off the California coast will be delayed because of the presence of humpback whales in the area and the threat of their entanglement, authorities said Friday.
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