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Comment on King Crab Processing Tour by Nami

Nami — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:00:28 +0000

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Comment on St. Matthew Blue King Crab by James

James — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:20:10 +0000

Your initial investment of $35 per day for a couple of weeks appears to have paid a reasonable ROI. Wishing you and all of your colleagues safe and continued success.

Comment on 2008 Alaska (Bristol Bay) King Crab Season by Cade

Cade — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:23:29 +0000

Actually, the reason that king crab has been only available frozen for so many years in the past is that it used to be a “derby-style” fishery, where boats competed with one another for a limited total available quota. All of the quota was caught and delivered in a matter of days, so all of the crab was frozen to preserve it.

Now, the season is open for several months, and fishermen can deliver their catch over the whole season. This has opened the door for a fresh market to develop. Held at the proper temperature, fresh crab lasts much longer than most people think, and is good for several days.

I used to fish crab, so fresh crab has really become a specialty for us here at FishEx.

If you’re interested, I wrote an essay about the end of the derby days a few years back, which ended up getting published by the Anchorage Daily News.

Anyway, I hope that I answered your question.

Comment on 2008 Alaska (Bristol Bay) King Crab Season by Dave

Dave — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:04:45 +0000

You say that you get King Crab that has never been frozen. I thought the first thing done after unloading of the boats was to clean and freeze the crab because it spoils so rapidly, is this not true?

Comment on 2008 Alaska (Bristol Bay) King Crab Season by admin

admin — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:38:36 +0000

We are just getting into the Alaska’s primary king crab seasons, which always take place in the fall. Fresh golden king crab is available at FishEx right now, and fresh red king crab (from the Bristol Bay king crab fishery- Alaska’s largest) will be available from early October through mid-December.

Comment on 2008 Alaska (Bristol Bay) King Crab Season by griselle guzman

griselle guzman — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:46:58 +0000

Hello, I recently tried alaskan king crab and loved it. I live in Hillsborough,North Carolina and would like to know where I can go to buy king crab that is fresh ot do you have a website to be able to order them. Please, I am very interested in buying it when the season gets here. Thank you for your time, Griselle

Comment on Fresh Snow Crab by Mike

Mike — Sat, 23 May 2009 21:24:35 +0000

Hi, nice posts there thank’s for the interesting information

Comment on 2008 Alaska (Bristol Bay) King Crab Season by admin

admin — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:52:28 +0000

Matias,

There are many opportunities for work here in Alaska.

One thing I know you will need to look into is a work permit for the United States.

There is some good information about commercial fishing work at http://www.labor.state.ak.us/ESD_ALASKA_JOBS/seafood.htm.

Other than that, the best I can tell you is that once you are cleared for working in the US, the best way to get a job on a boat is simply to go to a fishing port and “walk the docks”. That is the way I’ve gotten most of my deck jobs. After working in the industry for awhile, people get to know you, and jobs are a bit easier to come by. Alaska’s top fishing ports include Kodiak, Dutch Harbor, and Homer.

I hope that this is helpful.

-Cade

Comment on Fresh Snow Crab by admin

admin — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:38:09 +0000

James,

Fresh snow crab is a treat. Unfortunately, the season is wrapped-up for the year. I expect our next shipment in January- although there is a possibility of some bycatch of Baridi (giant snow crab) from the October Bristol Bay king crab season.

We should see some frozen Bairdi later this week. If you like snow crab, I suspect you’ll really like Bairdi. It is very flavorful, and is considerably larger than the more common snow crab.

We will be getting regular shipments of fresh Norton Sound (Alaska) king crab beginning in June. This is a nice crab too, although they are smaller than their Bristol Bay cousins.

I took a look at Simply Lobsters. It seems like a nice site. I was impressed that they are offering live Australian lobsters.

Anyway, I hope you will try our fresh crab when the season comes around.

-Cade

Comment on 2008 Alaska (Bristol Bay) King Crab Season by Matias

Matias — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 20:14:23 +0000

Hello, this is my first contact with someone seaworker of Alaska, I am chief engineer (naval machinist) from Argentina, I would like to know if you can advice me about this kind of fishing, nowadays I am on a fishing vessel on south atlantic, fishing and frozen shrimps, I would like to go to Alaska to work as engineer on a ship, thank a lot. Matias Corazza.