After weeks of delay, due to the presence of migrating whales off the Central California coast, Monterey Bay’s Dungeness crab season is set to open Thursday, Dec. 16.

With the arrival of the F/V Queen Corinne in Moss Landing, we are hopeful that we’ll start to see less imported seafood in our supermarkets and more local, sustainable Dover sole, Petrale sole, rockfish, and more.

The first line of this National Fisherman story on Monterey Bay Fisheries Trust board member Bob Dooley says exactly what we know about him: ”People tend to repeat certain words when they talk about Bob Dooley: generous, humble, knowledgeable, smart, nice, friend.”