The spider-like Alaskan king crab can weigh as much as 25 pounds, and measure more than 6 feet from tip to tip! At this size, a king crab can yield up to 6 lbs of meat!The Alaskan king crab fishing months are October through January, and fishermen are only allowed to harvest male crabs. On […]

Fact:
Scallops are the family Pectinidae of bivalve mollusks. Like the true oysters, they have a central adductor muscle, and thus their shells have a characteristic central scar marking its point of attachment. However, the adductor muscle of scallops is larger and more developed than that of oysters because they are active swimmers and the […]

Red Tide Fact:
You can eat lobster when there is a shellfish ban! Lobsters , unlike mussels, oysters, and clams, are not “filter feeders.” Filter feeders pump seawater, and any plankton or pollution it carries, through their bodies. Any toxins in the water will be concentrated in their flesh. Meat eaters like lobsters , crab , […]

King Crab Fact:
King crabs are a family of crab-like decapod crustaceans chiefly found in cold seas. Their large size means that many species are widely caught and sold as food. King crabs are generally believed to be derived from hermit crab ancestors, which may explain the asymmetry still found in the adult forms. Although some […]

Clam Fact:
Clams are shelled marine or freshwater mollusks belonging to the class Bivalvia. The term “clam” has no taxonomic significance in biology, but is often used to refer to any bivalve (a mollusk whose body is protected by two symmetrical shells) that is not an oyster, mussel, or a scallop, and that has a more-or-less […]

Mussel Fact:
Mussels are bivalves, having two equally shaped shells linked together on one side by a hinge structure. Like most bivalves, mussels are filter feeders. They eat by pumping water through a set of gill filaments which filter out small particles such as phytoplankton, zoo plankton and other organic material. Sediment is discharged while food […]

Shrimp Fact:
Shrimp are crustaceans, like lobster and crab. They possess a hard outer shell (exoskeleton) and must shed this shell in order to grow. Cold water shrimp are protandric hermaphrodites, that is, they undergo a change of sex in mid-life, starting out as males and then becoming females in their fourth year.
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Snow Crab Fact:
This crustacean, whose body is almost perfectly circular, has five pair of long, flattened legs, the first of which sport strong claws. The shell is light brown on the back and creamy white on the belly. The male reaches a much greater girth than the female and generally only males reach legal catch […]