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Dungeness crab ready to eat at Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco. The Dungeness crab is considered a delicacy in the United States and Canada. [13] [14] Long before the area was settled by Europeans, Indigenous peoples throughout the crustacean's range had the crab as a traditional part of their diet and harvested them every year at low tide. [15]
The annual Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival [16] is held in Port Angeles each October. Dungeness crab have recently been found in the Atlantic Ocean, far from their known range, raising concern about their possible effects on the local wildlife. [17] Cancer magister [15] Scylla serrata
The graceful rock crab or slender crab, Metacarcinus gracilis (the naming convention recognized by WoRMS) or Cancer gracilis (the naming convention recognized by ITIS), is one of two members of the genus Metacarcinus, with white tipped chelae (claws). The second crab in the genus to have white tipped claws is M. magister (Dungeness crab). [2]
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The start of the commercial Dungeness crab season in California has been delayed for the seventh year in a row to protect humpback whales from becoming entangled in trap and buoy lines.
The carapace width of mature Dungeness crabs may reach 25 cm (9.8 in) in some areas off the coast of Washington, but are typically under 20 cm (7.9 in). [22] They are a popular delicacy, and are the most commercially important crab in the Pacific Northwest, as well as the western states generally. [23]
Fresh, frozen or canned crab meat may be used in the preparation of crab dip. [4] [5] [9] Different types of crab meat may be used, such as jumbo lump, [6] [7] lump [4] backfin, [5] leg [10] and claw, among others. Various types of crab species and superfamilies are also used, such as blue crab, [2] [11] Dungeness crab [8] and Alaska king crab ...