. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. Fig. 9 - Crewman < sorting box. iptying crab pot (40 inches in diameter) into is removed and the bait can be exchanged. Dungeness crabs are put into the sea-water tank, and fish, octopus, and king crab are thrown overboard. The pot is pushed over- board about 75 feet before the next buoy is reached. The boat does not stop at each pot; the men must haul the pots while the boat is underway at a continuous speed of about 2 knots (fig. 10). Bee au se the boats usually work into the wind, they must, upon reaching the end of a string, run to t
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. Fig. 9 - Crewman < sorting box. iptying crab pot (40 inches in diameter) into is removed and the bait can be exchanged. Dungeness crabs are put into the sea-water tank, and fish, octopus, and king crab are thrown overboard. The pot is pushed over- board about 75 feet before the next buoy is reached. The boat does not stop at each pot; the men must haul the pots while the boat is underway at a continuous speed of about 2 knots (fig. 10). Bee au se the boats usually work into the wind, they must, upon reaching the end of a string, run to the opposite end of. Fig. 10 - Crab pot (40 inches in diameter) surfacing to be hauled aboard power barge. Vessel is traveling at about 2 knots. the next string. This break gives the crew a chance to clean up and rest before starting the next string of pots. PROCESSING METHODS Crabs are processed in one of two ways. The first and most common method is to butcher and clean the live crab and cook the remaining body and leg sections in boiling water for 12 to 15 minutes. The sections are then frozen, glazed, packed, and shipped south, where they are thawed and the meat removed for canning. At some processing plants, the largest and best-appearing crabs are prepared for the whole-crab market. They are cooked whole for 25 to 28 minute s, cooled, the shells cleaned by hand, packaged one to a paper bag, and shipped Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. National Marine Fisheries Service; U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service; United States. Bureau of Commericial Fisheries. [Washington] : National Marine Fisheries Service; [for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt. Print. Off. ]
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