by John Shelton | Jun 7, 2015 | Cooking Methods, Crab, Crustaceans, DPFishCo, Fish and Seafood, Prepping and Fabrication, Recipes, Saltwater Shellfish, Seafood, Shellfish, Shellfish and Seafood Recipes, Video
Dungeness Crab How to Clean, Prep, and Cook Dungeness Crab Prepping Dungeness crab isn’t complicated. Here are the steps below. Remove the apron. Remove the carapace. Remove the tomalley. You can keep it or discard. Remove and discard the gills. Remove and...
by John Shelton | Feb 25, 2015 | Blog, Crab, Crustaceans, DPFishCo, Fish and Seafood, Saltwater Shellfish, Seafood, Shellfish
If you’ve seen small red, squat lobsters, on your beach, chances are high you’ve just seen part of the red pelagic crab (tuna crab) swarm currently hitting Southern California. These guys look to be a precursor to El Nino. What does the tiny red...
by John Shelton | Feb 10, 2015 | Crab, Crustaceans, DPFishCo, Saltwater Shellfish, Seafood, Shellfish
Pelagic Red Crab – Pleuroncodes planipes, also called simply “red crab”, tuna crab, or a langostino. It is a type of squat lobster (dorsoventrally flattened crustaceans with long tails held curled beneath the thorax). These...
by Dana Point Fish Company | Jan 9, 2015 | Crab, Crustaceans, Plate Up, Shellfish
Plate Up photo of the week – Lump crab potato fritters. Fresh lump crab cakes wrapped in potato and fried. Served with a crab and chive beurre blanc. To purchase this image, visit FishStockPhoto.com – potato crab fritters.
by John Shelton | Dec 13, 2014 | Crab, Crustaceans, DPFishCo, Saltwater Shellfish, Seafood, Shellfish, Species ID
Mole Crab – Emerita talpoida. Also known as Sand crab, Pacific Sand crab.
by John Shelton | Dec 12, 2014 | Crab, Crustaceans, Saltwater Shellfish, Shellfish, Species ID
Lined Shore Crab – Pachygrapsus crassipes. The lined shore crab is also known as the striped shore crab.
by John Shelton | Dec 11, 2014 | Crab, Crustaceans, DPFishCo, Saltwater Shellfish, Shellfish, Species ID
Dungeness Crab – Metacarcinus magister. West coast crab species that gets its name from Dungeness, Washington. Identifying Characteristics and Biology Dungeness crabs are North American West coast crustaceans. They get their name from Dungeness,...
by John Shelton | Dec 10, 2014 | Crab, Crustaceans, DPFishCo, Saltwater Shellfish, Shellfish, Species ID
Golden King Crab – Lithodes aequispinus. Cold deep sea living crustacean. Identifying Characteristics and Biology Of the many different species of king crab found, three are commercially harvested in Alaska: golden king crab, blue king crab, and red king...
by John Shelton | Dec 5, 2014 | Crab, Crustaceans, DPFishCo, Species ID
Virginia Red Crab – Chacean Quinquedens Identifying Characteristics and Biology Range and Habitat Market Forms
by John Shelton | Dec 5, 2014 | Crustaceans, DPFishCo, Species ID
Rock Crab – R. antennarium. Also known as the Pacific rock crab, Brown rock crab, and California rock crab Identifying Characteristics and Biology Range and Habitat Market Forms
