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Let it snow crab, let it snow crab, let it snow crab…

December 12, 2016
This bucket, sorted from a mid-water trawl in Alaska, contains Opilio Tanner Crab (Chionoecetes opilio) and Bairdi Tanner Crab (Chionoecetes bairdi). Both are known in the market as Snow Crab.

Photo: Allan Phipps

In the commercial fishing industry, these species would be considered bycatch, but since we are doing an inventory survey, we document all species caught. Here are some pictures of other species caught and included in the midwater survey... Opilio Tanner Crab (Chionoecetes opilio) and Bairdi Tanner Crab (Chionoecetes bairdi). Both are known in the market as Snow Crab.
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