Central Coast crabbers are counting down to the new year in hopes they'll be back in business soon.

With the crab season shut down since before its November start, there may be another fish in the sea to help the crabbers start 2016 off right: black cod.

"Everybody's going to be fishing black cod now, and there's only so much quota of black cod to be caught," Moss Landing fisherman Roger Whitney said.

Most local crab fishermen said they've never fished for black cod before. But black cod fishermen who call the fish their staple are worried it's going to have a domino effect on their catch.

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