State Fish and Wildlife officials announced Monday they will open Northern California to commercial Dungeness crab fishing on Sunday.
The season's opening could ease competition in Bodega Bay and other North Bay areas by drawing away some of the crews currently deployed below the Mendocino County line.
Commercial crab season started Nov. 15 for areas south of Point Arena.
But delays in the commercial crab seasons in Oregon and Washington means interest in the waters off Northern California will remain strong because anyone planning to move north will have to wait.
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