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Frozen Products
Shellfish
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Frozen Snow Crab

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English Name: |
Atlantic Snow Crab |
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Latin Name: |
Chionoecetes opilio |
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Product Names: |
Frozen Cooked Snow Crab Section
Snow Crab Clusters/Claws/Segments/Section
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Catching Area: |
Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island
and Quebec. Snow crabs are caught in traps on the sandy ocean bottom
at depths of 50 to 470 metres. |
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Availability: |
April to November |
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Size: |
The average size crab in the commercial catch measures
approximately 11 cm and weighs 0.5 kg. Male only. |
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Packaging: |
30 lbs section. size 3/5 - 5/8 - 8/10 - 10 plus |
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