Daniel and Katherine Safarik of Wichita, Kan., enjoy a crab dinner in the dining tent on Friday at the Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival near the Port Angeles waterfront. (KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS)

Daniel and Katherine Safarik of Wichita, Kan., enjoy a crab dinner in the dining tent on Friday at the Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival near the Port Angeles waterfront. (KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS)

Crab fest kicks off in Port Angeles

Denise Butler, left, and Karl Pohlod, both members of the North Olympic Peninsula Chapter of Puget Sound Anglers, on Friday tie plastic markers to a crab that will be eligible for catch during the Grab-A-Crab Derby, a featured activity of the Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival on the Port Angeles waterfront. Twenty tagged crabs were seeded into a pair of tanks, allowing the catchers a $20 discount on a crab dinner or half off on a takeout crab from the derby, which is also set for today from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Daniel and Katherine Safarik of Wichita, Kan., enjoy a crab dinner in the dining tent on Friday at the Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival near the Port Angeles waterfront. The festival continues today and Sunday with a wide variety of food, entertainment and activities, as well as a craft fair at Port Angeles City Pier. For information, see crabfestival.org.

Denise Butler, left, and Karl Pohlod, both members of the North Olympic Peninsula Chapter of Puget Sound Anglers, on Friday tie plastic markers to a crab that will be eligible for catch during the Grab-A-Crab Derby, a featured activity of the Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival on the Port Angeles waterfront. (KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS)

Denise Butler, left, and Karl Pohlod, both members of the North Olympic Peninsula Chapter of Puget Sound Anglers, on Friday tie plastic markers to a crab that will be eligible for catch during the Grab-A-Crab Derby, a featured activity of the Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival on the Port Angeles waterfront. (KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS)