(KRON) — Nearly a dozen people were issued citations after California Department of Fish and Wildlife officers responded to a report of people illegally collecting Dungeness crabs at a San Mateo County beach, the agency announced Friday.
A concerned citizen reported to wildlife officers that they witnessed a large group of people wading in the surf at Thornton State Beach on the northern Daly City coast and were using lights to take Dungeness crabs, CDFW said. After making the initial report and officers were dispatched, the caller said another large group of people was arriving to also begin taking Dungeness crabs…