Hundreds of crab lovers lined the docks at Pillar Point Harbor in Half Moon Bay this weekend to bring home some of the season’s first commercial harvest.

Buckets and coolers in tow, people formed a line spanning the pier as fishermen fresh from Saturday’s midnight opening sold hundreds of crab directly off their boats.

“Opening weekend was a lot of people, a lot of boats, a lot of crab and everyone seemed happy with a smile on their faces, so that was nice,” said Jim Anderson, a commercial salmon and crab fisherman and captain of the F/V Allaine.

Crab lovers enjoy venturing to the coast for a visit, meeting the fishermen and taking home live seafood. Anderson, who alone drew a weekend crowd that lined up the ramp to the dock and down the pier, and said he anticipates the market to stay strong throughout the week. 

The fishermen at Pillar Point Harbor have agreed to start selling at $6 per pound off the boat and those who’ve ventured fishing have had plentiful first pulls, Anderson said. However, with the Bay Area’s waters being the only commercially accessible crabbing fishery on the entire West Coast in the month of November, things could dry up quick, Anderson said. 

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