Dungeness crabs in a still life with a sea star and fishing netting on an old wood background
Dungeness crabs provide delicious seafood meals for millions of hungry people each year The crabs are harvested from cold Pacific ocean waters from Central California to the Gulf of Alaska with an annual harvest that ranges from a high of 18 million pounds to a low of three million pounds as the cycle bottoms out Only male crabs are taken by fishermen using crab traps or pots baited with herring squid and razor clams
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