SAN FRANCISCO - The crabbing season is now officially delayed because there's a lot of sea life out there that fishing gear can harm.

The decision may make some crustacean lovers a little crabby themselves.

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The crab vessels at San Francisco's famed Fisherman's Wharf were very still Friday night with no crab pots in sight.

Wildlife officials say the number of whale and sea turtle entanglements in crab or other fishing gear has risen in recent years, leading the season to be delayed until at least the first of the new year or beyond.

That means no commercially caught local crab for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Fishers at the Wharf told KTVU that the delay was not entirely unexpected.

"It's really no surprise. We kind of expected it," said John Barnett, a fisherman for fou

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