Bay Area Commercial Dungeness Crab Season Delayed Again by Weather, Pricing Dispute

The long-delayed local commercial Dungeness crab season is expected to begin, but seafood lovers eager for fresh local crab will have to wait a bit longer.

High winds and rough seas off the San Francisco coast, combined with an ongoing pricing dispute between fishermen and buyers, are keeping crab boats docked near Fisherman’s Wharf.

Crab fishermen were originally scheduled to head out Friday morning to drop their crab pots. That timeline would have allowed them to retrieve the pots and sell their catch when the commercial season officially opens [this month]. Instead, dangerous ocean conditions have pushed those plans back.

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