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Distribution and Value of Crabs
CRABS — Crabs are found along all the coasts of the United States. The different species vary much in size, habit and use. The common edible crab has names applied by catchers describing the different conditions of the shell. While shedding they are known as "comer", "buster", "peeler", and "shedder"; while growing a new shell, as "soft-shell", "paper-shell", and "buckler". Crabs are used for food, bait ant} fertilizer. King crabs are sold for the latter purpose. All King crabs are taken from the Atlantic Ocean, along the Middle Atlantic states, most of them from New Jersey. The most common method of taking hard crabs is with meat-baited lines, hand or set, and a dip net in which the crab is caught when hauled to the surface. Two-thirds of the soft-crab catch is taken with dredges. King crabs were formerly all caught by hand, but the great bulk are now taken in pound nets.
Brooks, Lake. The Science of Fishing. Columbus, OH: A.R. Harding, 1912. Print.
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