Snow Crab

The Snow crab lives within cold waters of the Pacific and Atlantic. The females on average are an inch smaller than the males who typically grow to approximately 4 inches. The Snow crab is popular and well known for the flesh from their legs, similar to the King crab. The Snow crab generally feeds on other smaller crustaceans such as shrimp. An identifiable feature of this crab is that the shell is almost completely circular that is light brown on the back and white on the belly.

Out of all the crabs in the sea, the Snow crab is making a name for itself due to the sweet taste achievable with the right cooking and its value for money. This makes it one of today's favorite all round shell fish for both restaurants and consumers. Many ways of serving this has been with soups and sandwiches, but it can also be served as an appetizer or even as a main course. Like all crabs, the nutritional benefits are outstanding for the dieters out there with low saturated fats, high protein with many other minerals and vitamins available within the crab meat.

With only 80-90 calories per 3 oz serving, the snow crab is the perfect starter or party food for any one out there. As it is usually pre-cooked and frozen almost automatically (preserving the taste), the Snow crab can be served in ways such as claw-on clusters, cocktail claws and many others from which you can explore, enabling you to find a suitable way to serve your dish.

FACTS

Fishing: Has never been over fished like other crab species.

Bycatch: To prevent over fishing, crab fisheries have made it that crabs under a certain size cannot be sold and thus are released back into the waters. Crab catching pots have been altered over the past few years to reduce the mortality of non-targeted sized crabs. All Bycatch is discarded at sea, with many other Bycatch as well as crabs, including Pacific cod, octopus and many other types of flat fish.

Snow Crab