California Dungeness Crab Season 2024 Schedule. Fishers can start harvesting dungeness crab on jan. Dungeness crab are found in nearshore and estuarine waters from the eastern aleutian islands, alaska, to santa barbara, california, although they are rarely found south of point conception,.

People wait in line to buy fresh dungeness crab from a fishing boat as california department of fish and wildlife officers make inspections during the first. The california department of fish and wildlife (cdfw) will open the commercial dungeness crab fishery from the sonoma/mendocino county line to the u.s./mexico border (central.