Subject: Edible Crab Info

From: "Nancy Ging" <[email-masked]>
Date: 10 Sep 1996 19:46:00 GMT

Hello--

I need information for a book about edible crab on the Pacific US coast,
and hoped people reading this group might be able to help.

1. Where can I find a comprehensive list of edible west coast crab (not
just commercially valuable species, but *all* edible species)?
2. Among those of you familiar with crab biology, what are some of the most
intriguing facts about the edible crab species that you know of that
non-biologists or inland folks probably wouldn't know? (Examples: puffins
lay lopsided eggs to keep them from rolling off the rockeries, abalone have
blue eyes, slugs breathe through a hole in their sides, etc., etc.--weird
and wonderful things.)

Please email me privately with responses so I don't bother the list
further.
Thanks,
Nancy
[email-masked]

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From: Adam Kornick Wilson <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 18:11:11 -0400

Nancy Ging wrote:
This thread reminded me of a question I have always meant to answer.
Does anyone know of any regulations on the taking (i.e. harvesting) of
the common blue crab (Callinectes sapidus)?

Thanks

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