Slow start to crab season means local Dungeness will be hard to find this New Year’s weekend

Jerry Thompson, of San Francisco, walks near a container of Dungeness crabs on the Chasin’ Crustacean at Pier 45 in San Francisco, Calif., on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)

Planning to kick off 2023 with a feast of freshly caught crab?

Good luck finding some.

Wet weather and rough conditions kept many crabbers from hitting the water Saturday, the eagerly anticipated opening of the Bay Area’s commercial crab season after a month and a half of delays. That means local Dungeness likely will be hard to come by at grocery stores, seafood markets and restaurants this New Year’s weekend.

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