Snow crab are caught as far north as the Arctic
Ocean, from Newfoundland to Greenland and north of Norway in the
Atlantic Ocean, and across the Pacific Ocean, including the Sea of
Japan, the Bering Sea, the Gulf of Alaska, Norton Sound, and even as far south as California for Chionoecetes
bairdi.
The snow crab is a member of the spider crab
family. Snow crabs can grow to about 5 lbs and 2 ft in
length.
Snow Crab Legs are not only easy to cook, but also
easy to eat. Snow Crab Legs are typically from the Alaskan seaboard and
a smaller cousin to the King Crab. Snow Crabs are sold pre-cooked and
frozen. You can actually just thaw and
eat.
The reason they are sold cooked is because the meat
would not seperate from the shell if they were frozen without cooking
first.
Fishing for crab has been the focus of the second
half of all six seasons of Deadliest Catch on the Discovery
Channel.
