SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — It’s official–the local Dungeness crab season is on and crab will be back on restaurant tables soon.

Crews at San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf were getting the crab pots hoisted up and loaded on the boats, ready to go to sea and take advantage of what is left of the season.

Crab fishermen headed out as soon as the price was set at $2.90 a pound, and there were plenty of boats to follow.

The season was delayed for months because state officials said the crabs were not safe to eat earlier because of a domoic acid bloom in the ocean.

But that bloom has dissipated and the state declared the crab season is on.

Wholesale buyers set the price on Tuesday morning at $2.90 a pound and the deal was done.

As you can imagine, the people who make their living off of crabs are happy to get back out to sea.

“Weather is good. The crabs are nice,” crab fisherman James Smith said. “They are all about a 2-pound average, so we got good quality on the crab.. .”

Good news for customers who have been looking at crab prices around $20 a pound.

The local crab catch should mean those prices will come down soon, and it’s good news for fishermen who are looking to get as much money as they can before the abbreviated season comes to an end.

“We got a lower than average starting price, just a little bit lower in this time a year,” Smith said. “I guess at this point in the season, we’ll take anything we can get.”

Those boats will start coming back Wednesday morning and off loading the catch throughout the day.