Live crabs are going for $9 per pound at H&H Fresh Fish Co. in the Santa Cruz Harbor, less than half of the $20 mark seen in recent holiday seasons. “It’s great for the customer,” says an H&H co-owner, “but bad for the fishermen.”
Dungeness crab
Lily Belli on Food: Crab season is a go, the inspiration of Christina Waters and holiday feasting
This week, good news on the crustacean front, a change for one local media stalwart and full bellies at the Bellis. A New Year’s Eve toast: Crab season to begin Saturday After delays due to poor-quality crab meat and threatened humpback whales along some areas of the coast, the California Department of Fish & Wildlife […]
A New Year’s Eve toast: Crab season to begin Saturday
After delays due to poor-quality crab meat and threatened humpback whales along some areas of the coast, the California Department of Fish & Wildlife says Dungeness crab season will open statewide Dec. 31.
Lily Belli on Food: Manresa going out with a bang and no Thanksgiving Dungeness crab, again
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