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crab fisheries
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Crab fisheries
Crab fisheries
are
fisheries
which capture or
farm
crabs
. True crabs make up 20% of all
crustaceans
caught and farmed worldwide, with about 1.4 million
tonnes
being consumed annually. The horse crab,
Portunus trituberculatus
accounts for one quarter of that total. Other important species include flower crabs (
Portunus pelagicus
), snow crabs (
Chionoecetes
), blue crabs (
Callinectes sapidus
), edible or brown crabs (
Cancer pagurus
),
Dungeness crab
(
Metacarcinus magister
) and mud crabs (
Scylla serrata
), each of which provides more than 20,000 tonnes annually.
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