Just before the Santa Barbara harbor closure, some fishermen got their catch in and to the market

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Some Santa Barbara fishermen were able to get their catch in, just in time this week before the harbor entrance closed.

The entrance is off limits until sometime Saturday while a sand bar is opened up by an emergency dredging operations.

A few fishermen with boat loads of lobsters were unloading Wednesday saying they timed it just right.
Their haul was going into a delivery truck and then off to China where the lobsters will be sold.

Fisherman Charlie Graham said,   "most of it goes to China. East coast lobster sort of dominates this restaurant market (here) because they are so cheap wholesale.   China pays us a good price  and that's where they go."

It's lobster season until mid-March.

Nearby another fisherman had black cod and it was going to Los Angeles.

They all get a couple of days off now until their vessels can go out again.