Many  of  the  city's  leading  tourist  attractions  are located  at  the  port,  including   Hyde  Street  Pier, Fisherman's Wharf, PIER 39 and access to Alcatraz. These attractions draw  more than 15 million visitors annually to San Francisco's northern waterfront.

In addition to being a world-renown visitor attraction, Fisherman's Wharf is also the center of Northern California's commercial fishing industry, Pier 45 is one of  America's most modern fish-processing centers.

Dungeness crab, Chinook salmon and  Pacific herring  are  some  of  the  leading delicacieslanded in San Francisco. The 62-berth Hyde Street Harbor and the more traditional 128-berth Fisherman's Wharf Lagoon are home to San Francisco's commercial fishing fleet.