Everything you need to know about San Francisco crab season
The Chronicle covers today’s start of crab season, and spills the dirty secret of Fisherman’s Wharf:
Though the season lasts for eight months, many crabbers stop fishing after the second or third week, because most of the legal crabs have been taken.Nearby tourists on Fisherman’s Wharf were looking for cracked crab, as they do every day of the year. Oblivious to the seasonal cycle of the catch, they placed their orders at the open-air stalls and were served freshly cooked Dungeness crab — that had been shipped in from Canada, frozen, in cardboard boxes.