Marin commercial crabbers won’t be able to set their traps in time for Thanksgiving this year. It’s the second consecutive year that the California Department of Fish and Wildlife has delayed the opener past the holiday to prevent whale entanglements, reflecting tightened regulations that some fishermen say could have dire consequences for the West Coast fishing industry. The state’s recreational crab season, regulated separately, opened on schedule on Nov. 7.
The rules for the fishery…