Category: Crab

A typical Dungeness crab yields approximately 25% of its total body weight in meat. For a 1 lb Dungeness crab, this means you can expect to harvest around 4 ounces of succulent, sweet crab meat. Factors like molting stage and seasonality can cause this yield to fluctuate.

Visible black or brown spots on snow crab shells often alarm consumers, but these blemishes are typically the harmless cocoons of marine leeches, not a threat to human health. When properly cooked and prepared, snow crab legs are a delicious and safe meal.