On Dec. 14, 2020, longtime local fisherman Bill Blue sat next to his boat,
Brita Michelle, on the dock in Morro Bay. The fishing season for Dungeness crab had been delayed due to low meat quality and was slated to open on Dec. 23. It s just lost days in the ocean so it affects everybody s business. People are used to having crabs in November for Christmas, and it gives a chance for the market to get established and for prices to settle out, he said. Like many other fishermen, Blue doesn t just fish for one kind of seafood. He fishes for black cod and Dungeness crab with a small team himself and two other men.