In an effort to protect humpback whales, the California Department of Fish & Wildlife announced commercial crab season in the region will come to a close on Saturday.
The decision was made as the CDFW anticipates humpback whales will be arriving in the region in coming weeks to forage off the coast. Last year, there were several entanglements that occurred in March and April.
"Being on the Wharf and in this restaurant all my life, we take a lot of pride in being able to go down to the boats, bring it back, serving the freshest fish possible," said Paul Capurro, owner of Capurro's Restaurant."I think crab is one of the big things that makes Fisherman's Wharf, Fisherman's Wharf."
"In today's environment, it's not fun to raise prices," he said."It just kind of almost takes away from the hospitality end of greeting people and saying come in, I've got fresh, local crab at a really reasonable price.""I for one was very excited to be spring fishing this year," Fruehling said."In addition to having a shorter season, we also lost that January.
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