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Giant enemy crabs attack Norway

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Believe it or not, New England used to have a huge population of lobsters and ground them up for fertilizer.
 
If there is good money to be made, and catching king crabs is a good way to make money, I don't see a problem, unless Norwegians don't know how to catch crabs.
 
Lord... If I lived in Norway, I would be getting recertified and finding a dry suit! I want to be that guy in the pic! YUMMMMMMMM.
 
If King Crabs are not really crabs b/c of the six-leg thing, then what the hell are they? Fake crabs? Crabettes? Wannabea-crabs?

They're obviously crustaceans of some kind...but WHAT kind then? 😕
 
Originally posted by: MichaelD
If King Crabs are not really crabs b/c of the six-leg thing, then what the hell are they? Fake crabs? Crabettes? Wannabea-crabs?

They're obviously crustaceans of some kind...but WHAT kind then? 😕
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The marvelously delicious kind. Man, Norway gets all the luck. Our environmental threats are always lame, oil spills, hurricanes, etc.
 
Originally posted by: MichaelD
If King Crabs are not really crabs b/c of the six-leg thing, then what the hell are they? Fake crabs? Crabettes? Wannabea-crabs?

They're obviously crustaceans of some kind...but WHAT kind then? 😕
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Possibly in their own taxonomial division.
 
Originally posted by: ElFenix
oddly enough, king crab is suffering a steep decline in populations where it is supposed to be (between alaska and russia)

anyway, catch a few of those and send them my way

edit: hmm... king crabs aren't actually crabs... they only have 6 legs instead of 8
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Shens... Paralithodes camtschaticus A pic eating a starfish
 
Originally posted by: albatross
i love "deadliest catch".but in the Bering sea they get a different species of crab,smaller ones,i think.
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They do fish for the "Red" variety of King crab, it's a very short season, but the most profitable.

Then they have a "regular" King crab season.

They have also a season for the "opies" (Oplio or sold as "Snow crab"), this is longest season.

The Red King crab goes for something like $40 lb around here. IIRC a single "Red" crab weighs between 5-10 lbs each

Fern
 
Originally posted by: Fern
Originally posted by: albatross
i love "deadliest catch".but in the Bering sea they get a different species of crab,smaller ones,i think.
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The Red King crab goes for something like $40 lb around here. IIRC a single "Red" crab weighs between 5-10 lbs each

Fern
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Costco sells it for around $12 / lb. Occasional specials can be found under $10, but they are usually not the grade A legs.
 
Originally posted by: gsellis
Originally posted by: Fern
Originally posted by: albatross
i love "deadliest catch".but in the Bering sea they get a different species of crab,smaller ones,i think.
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The Red King crab goes for something like $40 lb around here. IIRC a single "Red" crab weighs between 5-10 lbs each

Fern
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Costco sells it for around $12 / lb. Occasional specials can be found under $10, but they are usually not the grade A legs.
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Whats Costco? Like Walmart? Or are they a part of "wallyworld"?

Albany, NY USA here.
 
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