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How To Buy Crab

During crab season, the Half Moon Bay, comes together to celebrate this seafood delicacy with mouthwatering dishes at local restaurants as well as opportunities that allow visitors to catch their very own crab.

These large, hard-shell crabs with a sweet flavor and flaky texture are found along the northwest coast from the Aleutian Islands in Alaska to Northern California. Half Moon Bay has one of the largest concentrations of this seafood delicacy with more than 50 commercial boats fishing off Pillar Point Harbor, the last working fishing harbor between San Francisco and Monterey.

Purchase directly off the fishermen’s boats at Pillar Point Harbor or from local seafood markets, farmer’s markets, restaurants and cafés.

Video shows how to buy crab off the boat.

The popular new CrabLine feature in the FishLine Mobile App gives you a list of fishermen to call, text or email to reserve your crab or fish ahead of time. It’s part of the FishLine Mobile App where users can click on CrabLine or on any ‘Fresh Seafood’ post.

These large, hard-shell crabs with a sweet flavor and flaky texture are found along the northwest coast from the Aleutian Islands in Alaska to Northern California. Half Moon Bay has one of the largest concentrations of this seafood delicacy with more than 50 commercial boats fishing off Pillar Point Harbor, the last working fishing harbor between San Francisco and Monterey.

Use the FishLine mobile app or FishLine Web to find out who is selling crab locally.

You can also check out the Visit Half Moon Bay PDF which gives a good summary of “all the things crab” along the Half Moon Bay Coastside So drive over and spend a few days sightseeing and shopping before picking up your crab you reserved ahead or purchase your crab for the trip home .