"Benefits of Buying Fresh Dungeness Crab Directly from Bay Area Boats"
The commercial crabbing season has finally begun in the Bay Area, but local crabbers are frustrated with the low prices offered by processors, especially in comparison to Oregon. Customers can support local fishermen by buying fresh crabs directly from the boat at Fisherman’s Wharf or through off-the-boat sales, with prices currently at $10 per pound. Fishers in Humboldt County chose to strike rather than accept lower prices, but their efforts seem to have been unsuccessful as the season opened in San Francisco. There is a call for fishermen to organize and negotiate for higher prices to address the imbalance of power with processors.
