Past the tourist traps at Fisherman’s Wharf, the real fishermen of San Francisco are at work hoisting stacks of crab pots onto boats that line the pier.
The commercial Dungeness crab season in California opens Saturday. Fishermen are still in negotiations with wholesalers about a price, but say they hope to settle on that by Friday.
If they do, the Bay Area will have fresh crab by the weekend.
“I’ve seen some of the sport crab that the recreational guys caught,” says Larry Collins, president of the San Francisco Crab Boat Owners Association. “It’s beautiful crab and we’re excited.”
