Crime & Safety

More Than 400 Pounds of Seafood Stolen from Pillar Point Harbor

Haul estimated to be more than $2,100, according to spokesman for the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office.

More than 400 pounds of fresh fish and crab was stolen over the weekend from a fishery at Pillar Point Harbor in San Mateo County, Sheriff's
officials said.

Sometime between 7 p.m. on Saturday and 7 a.m. on Monday, suspects entered Morningstar Fisheries at 3 Johnson Pier near Half Moon Bay and stole the seafood, which had been packaged for delivery to a restaurant, San Mateo
County Sheriff Lt. Larry Schumaker said.

The haul was estimated to be worth more than $2,100, Schumaker said.

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The stolen seafood included 198 pounds of halibut, 86 pounds of flounder, 150 pounds of crab, and 10 pounds of sand sole.

There were no suspects as of Tuesday afternoon.

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The case remains under investigation.

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