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California Crab Fishermen Reduce Asking Price To $3.10; Representative for Processors Says COVID-19 Effects On Dungeness Market Continue
Dungeness crab brought into Citizens Dock in Crescent City await distribution to markets elsewhere. Photo: Jessica Cejnar
Though they’ve budged on price a bit, Dungeness crab fishermen and seafood buyers continue to haggle.
However processors are still feeling the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Lori L. Steele, West Coast Seafood Processors Association executive director. They want the season to start as much as fishermen do, she said, but they re still dealing with a surplus of product from last year.
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No fresh Dungeness crab for New Year s Eve as Bay Area fleets push for better prices
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Dungeness crab aboard a boat before being unloaded at Fisherman s Wharf on Pier 45 in 2019.Gabrielle Lurie / The Chronicle 2019Show MoreShow Less
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Fishers empty a container of Dungeness crab into a metal bin to be hauled ashore to Fisherman’s Wharf on Pier 45 in San Francisco last season.Gabrielle Lurie / The Chronicle 2019Show MoreShow Less
Thanksgiving. Christmas. And now New Year’s Eve.
Bay Area households will again miss out on Dungeness crab for a major holiday as local fleets continue negotiating for higher wholesale prices. The commercial Dungeness crab season was set to begin on Dec. 23, but local fleets chose not to work the waters because they said the wholesale prices they were being offered weren’t enough to justify them spending money on fuel, insurance, bait and boat maintenance.