Blue land crabs (which are not always blue) dig and live in land burrows but migrate to the ocean during "spawning season." Are they safe to eat?

Fishermen at Pillar Point Harbor prepare their boats stacked with crab traps now that commercial crabbing season might finally begin. But some fishermen are at odds over the long-delayed partial ...

Blue land crabs (which are not always blue) dig and live in land burrows but migrate to the ocean during "spawning season." Are they safe to eat?