BODEGA BAY – The decks were stacked high with crab pots Monday as the fishing fleet sat idly in Bodega Bay awaiting a price agreement, calmer seas and the start of the season.
The dollar value jumped to $3.6 million from $387,450 during that time. That catch was twice as plentiful as the combined catches of both San Francisco Bay and Half Moon Bay.
Preliminary estimates are that this year's catch will be just less than half of last year's record haul, but that would still make 2011 an abundant year.
If an agreement on price is reached within the next few days fresh crab is expected to be in stores in time for Thanksgiving, said Anthony Delima of Tides Wharf in Bodega Bay.
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