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Dungeness Crab Time! Fresh Off-the-Boat Dungeness Crab Sales Start on Sunday at Fisherman's Wharf

SF’s Dungeness crab season is finally underway, and the freshest crab you can possibly buy will be on sale starting this Sunday morning, bright and early, down at Fisherman’s Wharf’s Pier 47 where you can buy crab fresh off the boat.

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Sunday Links: SF Also Had a Huge Outage on December 20 in 2003, Starting at the Same PG&E Substation

If you bought gas from any Bay Area 7-Elevens recently, make sure you weren't charged 100 times what you paid; the SF immigration court is down to four judges from 21; and a third of the city also lost power 22 years ago, also on a Saturday, December 20.

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Fresh-From-the-Boat Crab Sales Begin With Long Lines at Pier 47

The commercial Dungeness crab season finally kicked off this past weekend, after a now familiar two-month delay, and San Franciscans turned out in force on Sunday to buy some of the first catch from the boats.

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State Agency Giving Fishermen ‘Ropeless’ Dungeness Crab Traps, So the Season Won’t Keep Getting Delayed

The California Ocean Protection Council has authorized a couple million dollars to give fishermen whale-safe, ropeless Dungeness crab traps, in hopes of stopping the constant delays to crab season.

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Dungeness Crab Season Finally Starts Today, Fishermen Selling Crab Right Off the Boat

The many-times-delayed local Dungeness crab season is finally here, and fishermen are selling the crab straight off the boat down at Fisherman’s Wharf Piers 45 and 47.

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Day Around the Bay: Dungeness Crab Season Will Finally Begin Next Week

Another avalanche hit Palisades Tahoe Thursday; former Oakland mayor Libby Schaaf is running for state treasurer; and Dungeness crab season will finally begin on January 18 after many delays.

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Yep, Dungeness Crab Season Has Been Delayed For the Fifth Year In a Row

Lest we had any hope that new-fangled crab pots or some innovation might help the industry start the season earlier this year, state wildlife officials announced Friday that our local Dungeness crab season will be delayed, yet again.

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Amateur Dungeness Crab Poachers Taking Uber to Half Moon Bay Beach Pose Threat to Crab Population

Hundreds of crab bandits have been illegally swarming a Half Moon Bay beach to poach Dungeness crab out of season. They not only risk a nearly $500 fine, they’re also screwing up the hatching season and threatening the crab population.

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If You Want to Buy Fresh Dungeness Crab Straight From a Boat, You'll Need to Wake Up Early on the Weekend

Now that we are finally (finally!) in Dungeness crab season, it's time to take advantage of the new policy that lets you go down to Fisherman's Wharf and buy crab directly from crab fishermen, right off the boat.

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On Eve of Dungeness Crab Season, Two Local Fishermen Have Invention To Stop Delaying Dungeness Crab Season

As Dungeness crab season has been delayed again for the seemingly umpteenth year in a row, two Bay Area fishermen say they have a new crab trap design that ensures the safety of whales, and could make Thanksgiving Dungeness crab a thing again.

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California's Dungeness Crab Season Is Postponed (Again) to Protect Migrating Whales

For what's now the fourth year in a row, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is delaying the start of the 2022 commercial Dungeness crab season to safeguard migrating whales from accidental entanglements with fishing gear.

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After Two Whale Entanglements, Most Dungeness Crab Fishing Off California Will End Early

On Friday, citing two recent whale entanglements caused by crab-fishing gear, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) said that April 8 will be the last day of Dungeness crab fishing for most of the state.

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You Can Buy Fresh Local Dungeness Crab Off Boats at Fisherman's Wharf Starting at 3 p.m.

Wednesday marks the official — very late — start to Dungeness crab fishing season for the coastal waters off the San Francisco Peninsula, Marin County, and Sonoma County. And that mean's today you'll also get to buy crab directly from crab fishermen at Fisherman's Wharf.

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Day Around the Bay: Dungeness Crab Season Opens For SF/Sonoma Coast Before NYE

Local Dungeness crab will again be available before New Year's, the Santa Clara Board of Supervisors has voted to limit residential development in an agricultural area, and the Senate has just confirmed two of Biden's appointees to the Ninth Circuit.

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Commercial Dungeness Crab Season Will Start December 23 — After Whales Have Migrated to Breeding Grounds

All but one commercial Dungeness crab season has been postponed since 2015, with this year’s season stalled after whales were seen near the Farallon Islands — a popular crabbing area. Now that they're migrating elsewhere, the 2020 commercial Dungeness crab season is slated to start on December 23.

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Dungeness Crab Season Delayed Until After Thanksgiving, For Yet Another Year

Fresh-caught Dungeness crab will not be on your Thanksgiving menu, as all commercial fishing is delayed in our region until December 1.

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California’s Dungeness Crab Season Will End on May 15 to Shield Whales From Harm

The current Dungeness crab season was delayed by weeks last year to protect migrating gray, humpback, and blue whales; it will now end prematurely in mid-May for the same reason, as well.

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Ocean Acidification Is Literally Dissolving The Shells Of Dungeness Crabs

San Franciscans fawn over Dungeness crab. Cracking their carapaces and dunking the retrieved meat into melted butter, consuming these crustaceans is a local right of passage. But if our oceans continue to acidify, that bit of ceremony could go the way of Friday nights once spent at Blockbusters.

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Dungeness Crab Season Opens In the Bay Area Following Whale-Related Delay

Look for the local Dungeness crab to start popping up on more menus across town as the commercial crab-fishing season was just, finally, given the green light to begin.

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Local Dungeness Crab Finally Back In Restaurants Next Week

Nearly six weeks after the recreational crab fishing ban was lifted for local waters around the Bay Area, the commercial Dungeness crab fishing ban finally ends on March 26. As the Chronicle reports,

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Some Dungeness Crab Now Safe To Eat, But Not Near The Bay Area

As foretold back in November, Dungeness crab remains something you do not want to be eating out of local waters this season, and an update advisory from the state Public Health Department confirms

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No Local Dungeness Crab Likely Until January, If Then

As was suggested earlier this week, the local Dungeness season may not even happen at all this year because of a toxic red algae bloom along the Pacific Coast. The recreational crab season,