Mario Casarez of U.S. Food pours out a batch of freshly-boiled crabs in preparation for Friday’s opening day of the Dungeness Crab Festival. The three-day festival celebrates a wide variety of seafood available for purchase, as well as music, merchandise vendors and other activities centered around the Red Lion Hotel parking lot and other nearby venues. (KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS)

Mario Casarez of U.S. Food pours out a batch of freshly-boiled crabs in preparation for Friday’s opening day of the Dungeness Crab Festival. The three-day festival celebrates a wide variety of seafood available for purchase, as well as music, merchandise vendors and other activities centered around the Red Lion Hotel parking lot and other nearby venues. (KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS)

Crab cookers

Mario Casarez of U.S. Food pours out a batch of freshly-boiled crabs in preparation for today’s opening day of the Dungeness Crab Festival. The three-day festival celebrates a wide variety of seafood available for purchase, as well as music, merchandise vendors and other activities centered around the Red Lion Hotel parking lot and other nearby venues.

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