https://www.siliconvalley.com/2021/12/10/santa-cruz-monterey-can-open-for-dungeness-crab-season-dec-16/

Little by little, the California coast is opening up for Dungeness crab season.

The Department of Fish and Wildlife has given the all-clear for commercial crabbing to begin Thursday, Dec. 16, in what the state calls Zone 4 — from Pigeon Point south to Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay.