Constantly pulling up crab pots can be very physically demanding, especially in deep water. Even the manual crab pot pullers can be both slow and taxing. Any serious crabber will tell you that a well constructed and designed electric crab pot puller can save you from an afternoon of hard labor. That’s why we decided …
Read more🦀 The Best Electric Crab Pot Puller for Recreational & Commercial Use
With so many options to choose from selecting the right crab trap can be quite tricky. There’s a lot of variables to consider including where you plan on crabbing and what type of crab you are targeting so we decided to remove some of the guess work and give you a list of the five …
Read more🦀 The Best Crab Traps and Pots for Dungeness & Blue Crabs
Blue crab zoea are filter feeders that consume both phytoplankton and zooplankton. Megalopae have well developed chelae which are used to capture food in a manner similar to that of adults. Megalopae feed on other planktonic organisms while inhabiting the water column but become opportunistic benthic omnivores after settling to the bottom. The juvenile and …
Read more🦀 Blue Crab Diet Information and Predator-Prey Relationships
The original range of the blue crab is from Nova Scotia and throughout the Gulf of Mexico to northern Argentina, including Bermuda and the Antilles. The blue crab is seldom found north of Cape Cod, but has been recorded in Maine and Nova Scotia following consecutive warm years. The blue crab has been introduced, probably …
When blue crabs grow, their outer shell–the exoskeleton–doesn’t grow with them, so crabs must regularly shed these shells in order to increase in size. This process is known as molting. A crab that is ready to molt is commonly called a peeler. When ready to molt, the crab “cracks” its shell open from the back …
Is a blue crab really blue? Well actually, all adult blue crabs are dark green on top and white underneath. So what’s the story with the blue? Blue crabs are called blue because of the striking deep blue coloring that the male crabs have on the top of their largest claw. Females don’t have this …
Blue crabs start their lives as tiny zoea, floating in the ocean waters. While growing into the megalopa stage, the crabs drift back into the Chesapeake Bay, where they grow into juvenile crabs and, eventually, adults. The blue crab’s life cycle is also closely related to its migration patterns. Let’s take a closer look at …
Crab fishing on the Bering Sea is one of the most hazardous professions on the planet. Days spent lugging around heavy equipment amid giant swells and icy blasts of sea-soaked air — it’s not for the faint of heart. The isolation of those remote waters, the winter months shrouded in darkness and prone to stormy …
If you thought catching crab on the Bering Sea was challenging, try figuring out the names of the crabs you caught. Take “snow crabs,” for example. According to a fishery research analyst at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, if you see a snow crab at a fish market, you could be seeing a true snow crab …
In its heyday, Alaska king-crab fishing was a booming bonanza, but the industry has diminished to some extent in recent memory. That doesn’t mean the ship has completely sailed, though. Even with a worldwide recession well under way, many crab connoisseurs are still salivating for their favorite maritime meat. The Fleet In 2008, 77 crab …