I remember seeing several very large blue crabs that were approx 12 to 14 inches wide and stood about 8 to 10 inches high when walking. I was about 8 when I came across the first one. It didn't run from me, I was the one who ran. The second time I saw a big blue crab, I was a teenager and it came out of the water and started walking inland. It didn't appear to be afraid of anything. I just left it alone.
The actual weight for a strawberry hermit crab if you are holding 1 in your hand in it is about 3 or 4 ounces. The shipping weight for a strawberry hermit crab is 1 pound.
6.25 on average
1-3 ounces
1-3 ounces
The amount of crab meat in a crab leg depends on the type of crab. It is typically only a few ounces, even for king crab.
The Alaskan crab is much larger than the coconut crab. The coconut crab weighs up to 9 lbs. and the Alaskan crab weighs up to 18 pounds.
A Swamp Dog crab is a large Maryland Blue crab. A Swamp Dog crab weighs between 2-6 lbs. It is delicious, filling and meaty.
Totally depends on the species of crab. Dungeness are very high at about 25% yield, while those tasty but annoying Chesapeake crab only give up about 10%. here is a good guide for Pacific Seafood yields: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/oed/seafood/recoveries/home.cfm
It's hard to know how much a fiddler crab weighs because there are many different types. But I do know that a fiddler crab's large claw weighs about half of it's body weight.
1 cup of cooked blue crab is 3 Point or 5 Set Points.
Crab cakes 2 (2¹/⁴ oz each or 3" round) = 4 pnts
the package of crab should be around $2.35