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Crab fisheries

Small crab boat in harbour at A Illa de Arousa, Galicia, Spain

Crab fisheries are fisheries which capture or farm crabs. True crabs make up 20% of all crustaceans caught and farmed worldwide, with about 1.4 million tonnes being consumed annually. The horse crab, Portunus trituberculatus, accounts for one quarter of that total. Other important species include flower crabs (Portunus pelagicus), snow crabs (Chionoecetes), blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus), edible or brown crabs (Cancer pagurus), Dungeness crab (Metacarcinus magister), and mud crabs (Scylla serrata), each of which provides more than 20,000 tonnes annually.[1]

Commercial catch

Fishermen sorting velvet crab at Fionnphort, Scotland
Boat fishing for crabs in the Bering Sea.
Crab boats moored in Dutch Harbor, Alaska

The FAO groups fishery catches using the ISSCAAP classification (International Standard Statistical Classification of Aquatic Animals and Plants).[2] ISSCAAP has a group for crabs and sea-spiders, and another group for king crabs and squat lobsters.

The following table summarises crab production from 2000 to 2008, both caught wild and from aquaculture, in tonnes.[1][4]

Crabs and sea-spiders

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Nei" is an abbreviation for "not elsewhere included".
  2. ^ Crabs are measured across the widest part of their back, excluding the legs. See, e.g., 2006-2007 Fishing in Washington Rule Pamphlet (pdf), p. 130.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Global Capture Production 1950-2008". Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Archived from the original on January 23, 2016. Retrieved August 26, 2006.
  2. ^ "ASFIS List of Species for Fishery Statistics Purposes". Fishery Fact Sheets. Food and Agriculture Organization. Retrieved December 7, 2009.
  3. ^ "The current International Standard Statistical Classification of Aquatic Animals and Plants (ISSCAAP) in use from 2000" (PDF). Food and Agriculture Organization. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-05-19. Retrieved December 7, 2009.
  4. ^ "Global Aquaculture Production 1950-2008". FAO. Archived from the original on January 29, 2023. Retrieved August 26, 2006.
  5. ^ a b FAO: Species Fact Sheets: Portunus trituberculatus, Retrieved 26 November 2009.
  6. ^ FAO: Species Fact Sheets: Portunus pelagicus, Retrieved 26 November 2009.
  7. ^ Jadamec, L. S., W. E. Donaldson & P. Cullenberg (1999). Biological Field Techniques for Chionoecetes crabs. University of Alaska Sea Grant College Program.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Part 1 Archived November 13, 2005, at the Wayback Machine Part 2 Archived November 13, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Deadliest Catch Official Site
  9. ^ FAO: Species Fact Sheets: Chionoecetes opilio, Retrieved 26 November 2009.
  10. ^ FAO: Species Fact Sheets: Callinectes sapidus, Retrieved 26 November 2009.
  11. ^ Neal, K.J.; E. Wilson (2005). "Edible crab, Cancer pagurus". Marine Life Information Network. Archived from the original on 2009-02-14. Retrieved 2008-05-23.
  12. ^ "Edible crab (Cancer pagurus)". ARKive.org. Archived from the original on 2008-04-12. Retrieved 2008-05-23.
  13. ^ FAO: Species Fact Sheets: Cancer pagurus, Retrieved 26 November 2009.
  14. ^ a b "The Dungeness Crab". Dungeness community website. Retrieved August 28, 2006.
  15. ^ a b FAO: Species Fact Sheets: Cancer magister, Retrieved 26 November 2009.
  16. ^ "Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival".
  17. ^ Andrea Cohen (2006-08-09). "Crab nabbed; circumstances fishy". MIT News Office.
  18. ^ FAO: Species Fact Sheets: Scylla serrata, Retrieved 26 November 2009.
  19. ^ a b Carl Meyer. "Maja squinado, the European Spider Crab: Biology and Fishery".
  20. ^ "Council Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86". Official Journal of the European Communities. 1986-10-07.
  21. ^ "Jonah crab". Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission.
  22. ^ White, Cliff (March 6, 2016). "Creating a sustainable fishery: The Jonah crab story". SeafoodSource.