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SAN FRANCISCO — Boats sat tied to the docks in San Francisco Bay on the opening day of Dungeness crab season Thursday as concerns over contamination from last week’s oil spill weakened demand for the tasty crustaceans and kept crabbers off the water.
At Fisherman’s Wharf, crabbers said they wouldn’t go out until the oil spill was cleaned up and public confidence restored. Seafood buyers said they’re concerned about potential liability if someone becomes ill from eating oil-tainted crab.
Miles of beaches are still shut down after the freighter Cosco Busan struck the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in heavy fog on Nov. 7, spilling 58,000 gallons of oil into the bay. Hundreds of oil-coated birds have died.
