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Female - Doz - Sm/Med Mix	N/A
Female - Doz -Lg / X-Lg Mix	$59
Male Medium Dozen	$60
Male Med to Large Dozen	$70
Male Large Dozen	$80

Crab Facts

Crabs reach maturity in 12 to 18 months.

Few crabs live longer than 3 years.

The largest crab recorded from Maryland was a male measuring 9 inches; however bigger crabs (10-11 inches) have been captured in DNR crab surveys.

The annual harvest of hard crabs from Chesapeake Bay accounts for over 50% of total U.S. landings.

Cannibalism of young blue crabs by larger crabs is common and may regulate population abundance.

A spring-spawned crab can reach a size of 2½ inches by their first winter.

Blue crabs can be found in freshwater areas where salinity is 0 to the ocean where the salinity is full strength (32+ ppt).

Blue crabs are opportunistic bottom-dwelling predators and will feed on a variety of live and dead fish, crabs, clams, snails, eelgrass, sea lettuce, and decayed vegetation.

Blue crabs are widely distributed from Nova Scotia to northern Argentina, but along the coasts of North America, it is most abundant from Texas to Massachusetts.

Males are often found in the upper reaches of the Bay while females are typically found further downstream and down-Bay where salinities are higher.

Adults can grow up to 9 inches.

Crabs grow by molting or shedding their shell. Just prior to molting, the crab is encased in both the hard, old outer shell and a soft, new one just beneath it. The formation of a new shell is evident along the margins of the swimming paddles of a crab.

Unlike male crabs that continue to molt and grow throughout their entire lives, females stop growing when they reach sexual maturity, usually after 21 or 22 molts. During this final molt, mating takes place.

After the molt, the crab's new shell is pliable and easily stretched. In this condition, the crab is called a "soft shell crab". Large amounts of water are consumed prior to and shortly after the molt, causing the soft shell to expand and increase in size. This entire process takes 2-3 hours and within 2 hours after the shed, the new shell begins to harden.

Blue crabs have the highest value of any Chesapeake Bay commercial fishery.

3 Doz Females (Sm/Med Mixed)	N/A
3 Doz Females (Lg/X-Lg Mixed)	$ 175
3 Doz Small Males	$ 129
3 Doz Medium Males	$ 170
3 Doz Med to Lg Males	$ 195
3 Doz Large Males	$ 230