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• #Blue crab eggs full#

Males sport bright blue claws and a narrow abdominal apron compared to the Washington Monument. Females flash red-tipped claws and a broad abdominal apron likened to the Capitol dome to sack eggs (roe). Water-men and the enthusiast quickly know the difference in sexes. In fact, NOAA reports the heaviest male crab this last season tipped the scale at 1.1 pounds and a 10.72” point-to-point length! Distinct visual appearances cause quite a stir. Point-to-point comparison weighs the male crab at heavier, but flakier meat. Which Blue Crab tastes better: female or male? Many believe that the female crab’s meat boasts denser, sweeter flavor, but agree that the amount of meat differs. Many satisfied stomachs assert, “Blue Crab Trading has the best crabs!” Using a traditional grading scale to size, following exact steaming times, and seasoning the crabs to order fills the crab-houses with the watermen’s spirit! Accolades, reviews and cheers acclaim that Blue Crab Trading demands excellence. Our crew carefully adheres to Captain James’s sure-winning recipe. How does one achieve his own crab catch? Blue Crab Trading exclusively takes online orders for whichever quantity or gender you choose. A mature crab exhibits lump and jumbo succulent meat.

#Blue crab eggs full#

Giving the crab a natural, healthy environment allows it to molt, shed and then re-grow shells, enabling it to reach full adult size.

This process shows appreciation and respect to Nature and the crab species. Since then, crabbers follow a sustainability plan to ensure repopulation and healthy proportions exist between species within the Bay’s ecosystem. Therefore, catching and steaming Maryland Blue Crabs began as late as the mid-1880’s when the “dangerous” connotation morphed into a “savory” and tasty mindset. If you think the crabs seem dangerous, you’re right! In fact, before the 1880’s water-men steered clear of the crustacean and its snapping claws. To keep ultimate taste and freshness, crabs swiftly move from catch to cuisine. Blue Crab Trading gathers all sizes and both male and female into dozen, ½ bushel or bushel quantities. Of course, ‘sweet’ here means a briny, ocean flavor with delicately white meat that hints a sweet distinct flavor worth trying. A catch includes both male and female crabs. This delicacy feasts on small fish, clams, snails, eelgrass, and sea lettuce which nourish the Blue Crabs for quite a sweet taste. Blue Crab Trading, a seafood online market presents customers with fat, humungous Blue Crabs measuring upwards to 9 inches and beyond! Water-men sun-scorched and muscles aching from pulling crab pots from flowing Bay estuaries celebrate days when the pots weigh heavy with lively crabs. This brief course will give you an overview to the “crabby basics.” Enthusiasts rave over the olive, bluish-green crustacean with delicately white salty-sweet meat. The male will continue to shed throughout his lifetime.A Maryland Blue Crab or “Beautiful Savory Swimmer” receives quite a following from diehard seafood connoisseurs.

After mating, the female will not molt again. When the doublers separate, the female joins other recently matured females in the fall to migrate to the mouth of the bay, while the male continues to search for other mates. The female stores the sperm and delays fertilization until water temperature, salinity, food availability and other environmental conditions are favorable for the survival of her offspring. Even though mating has occurred, the eggs are not yet fertilized. The male continues to cradle her and protect her until her new shell hardens. Once she molts, they mate while she is in the soft shell stage.

These paired crabs or doublers are a common sight in Maryland waters in the late summer. Just before this occurs, a male will cradle the soon-to-shed female and carry her to a protected area. We might say that the life cycle process begins with the terminal, or final molt, of an adult female crab.