Nick Otto/Special to The Chronicle Show More Show Less The first catches of last year’s Dungeness crab season after they arrived in San Francisco on Jan. Stephen Lam/The Chronicle Show More Show Less 3 of3 The opening date for crab season is now up in the air. Stephen Lam/The Chronicle Show More Show Less 2 of3Ĭrab pots are seen stacked on a commercial fishing vessel at Pier 45 in San Francisco last March. This commercial crab season has been delayed to protect marine animals from getting caught in crab pot lines.
Michael Cabanas puts water into a tank as he prepares to retrieve crab pots aboard the Huli Cat in Half Moon Bay this spring.
