How to Use snow crab in a Sentence

snow crab

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  • On the brighter side, the snow crab stock has been on a steady upward tick.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 15 Sep. 2020
  • That year was the first the US snow crab fishery was closed in Alaska.
    — Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Last year’s snow crab harvest was the smallest in over 40 years.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2022
  • For the first time, the winter snow crab season has been scuttled.
    — Hal Bernton, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Dec. 2022
  • What happened to the snow crabs is but a hint of the wild population swings to come.
    — WIRED, 8 Nov. 2023
  • There have been some shortages of snow crab legs in recent weeks.
    — Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 29 Apr. 2021
  • The bairdi Tanners are the larger cousins of snow crab (opilio Tanners) found in the Bering Sea.
    — Laine Welch | Fish Factor, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Sep. 2021
  • The restaurant menu sells crawfish, snow crab legs, dungeness crab legs and hot-boiled shrimp by the pound.
    — Dallas News, 6 Jan. 2022
  • If snow crab claws require some work to tackle, at least their yield is sweet.
    — Tom Sietsema, chicagotribune.com, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Crab is expensive, and king crab costs more than snow crab or blue crab.
    — Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 9 July 2022
  • Bering Sea crabbers are pulling up the last of their 40.5 million pound snow crab quota.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 10 May 2021
  • Last year’s snow crab harvest was 5.6 million pounds, the smallest in over 40 years.
    — Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2022
  • The purchase comes with 3% of the Bering Sea snow crab and red king crab quota, along with seven crab vessels.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 12 Jan. 2021
  • Prices for the urban poutine range from $8 for the chicken to $22 for lobster and snow crab toppings, King said.
    — Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal, 27 May 2021
  • For the first time, the snow crab fishing season was shut down due to a near collapse of the crab population.
    — Danielle Hall, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Bering Sea crabbers are still out on the grounds, pulling up 34 million pounds of snow crab, a 24 percent increase.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 21 Jan. 2020
  • The snow crab and king crab seasons are canceled this year, Alaskan officials say.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Cajun seafood dishes such as snow crab or shrimp platters and more.
    — Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 3 May 2021
  • Or get stuck into the renowned food scene, with record-breaking snow crab and $185 steak sandwiches.
    — CNN, 16 Apr. 2021
  • This winter will mark the first time in the history of U.S. management that the Bering Sea snow crab fishery will be closed.
    — Elizabeth Earl For Alaska Journal Of Commerce, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Oct. 2022
  • The number of young male snow crab recruits, however, was the highest since 1995.
    — Laine Welch, Alaska Dispatch News, 23 Sep. 2017
  • The federal scientists who track Bering Sea harvests say there’s no way the trawl fleet could have caused the epic crash in snow crab.
    — Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Dec. 2022
  • The same flavorings can be had on Texas blue crab, jumbo shrimp or snow crab leg clusters.
    — Greg Morago, Houston Chronicle, 7 Feb. 2018
  • King crab legs are actually shorter than the snow crab’s, and are thicker with a spiky, tough-to-crack shell.
    — Mary Tomlinson, Southern Living, 2 July 2020
  • Frequently Asked Questions Is there more meat on snow crabs or king crabs?
    — Coastal Living, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2024
  • But with the heat disrupting much of the Bering Sea’s food web, snow crabs had a hard time foraging for food and weren’t able to keep up with the caloric demand.
    — Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 19 Oct. 2023
  • And while more snow crab will be available this year, buyers expect a tight supply.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 19 Apr. 2021
  • While snow crab isn’t the centerpiece of Cajun cuisine, some restaurants sell thousands of pounds of the crab per month.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Krab Hut, a Cajun seafood boil restaurant, features all types of seafood from white and Manila clams to mussels and snow crab legs.
    — Birmingham Magazine, al.com, 11 June 2019
  • The menu features seafood such as oysters and Alaskan snow crab served tableside, and a seafood station with shrimp, tilapia, and Prince Edward Island mussels.
    — Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2024

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