One Cooked spider crab.
a good chopping board
a teaspoon
a hammer or wooden rolling pin
a bowl for white meat
a bowl for brown meat
a bowl/bin for shell
Ideally you enjoy your cooked crab like the French and the Spanish do, you sit down with good company, plenty of time and some white wine to drink! Slow food!
North Coast (VIIf and VIIg)
Crabs caught thorough entanglement in gill nets are lower quality and outside the 6 mile limit there are smaller minimum landing sizes. Some issues with accidental by-catch with this method. Stocks are under more pressure off the North Coast.
South Coast (area VIIe)
Potting is a selective and low impact method and within the 6 mile limits Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation authority monitor and strictly regulate the fishery. Crab Stocks are most healthy off Cornwall's South Coast.
South Coast (area VIIe)
Crabs caught thorough entanglement in gill nets are lower quality and outside the 6 mile limit there are smaller minimum landing sizes. Some issues with accidental by-catch with this method. Stocks are healthier off the South Coast
North Coast (VIIf and VIIg)
Potting is a selective and low impact method and within the 6 mile limits Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation authority monitor and strictly regulate the fishery.
Cornish Waters
Gill nets are efficient for catching spider crabs when they are on the move across the seabed. As they get so badly tangled the quality sometimes suffers and gill nets can have issues with accidental by catch of other non target species.
Cornish waters
Pots are low impact and selective. Undersized catch can be returned safely and the pots don't damage the seabed.
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