Off-The-Boat Dungeness Crab Sales Begin At San Francisco Fisherman's Wharf

By CBS San Francisco Staff:

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — For the first time ever, people looking for fresh Dungeness crab will be able to buy it directly from local fisherman off their boats beginning Wednesday.

The Port of San Francisco announced the live Dungeness crab sales from fishing vessels in Fisherman’s Wharf would begin at 3 p.m.

The pilot program was first proposed in October as an expansion of a current program allowing retail fish sales from commercial fishing vessels at the wharf which began in 2017. Crab was excluded from the original program to avoid competition with existing crab stands in the Fisherman’s Wharf area. However, the COVID pandemic forced crab stands to close and while some stands have since returned, the expansion of the program would not included cooked crab.

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