https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/12/20/dungeness-crab-is-coming-state-sets-jan-5-season-opening-date/

California’s long-awaited Dungeness crab season will get under way early in the new year.

Commercial crab fishers from the Mendocino County line to the Mexican border can drop their gear on Jan. 2, 2025, and start pulling up the first crab pots on Sunday, Jan. 5, the Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Friday afternoon.