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5 unusual facts about Chionoecetes


Deadliest Catch: Alaskan Storm

Lead your crew in the strategic search for King and Opilio Crab while battling to secure your catch and livelihood before other captains and crews get to the crab first.

FV Big Valley

The vessel's EPIRB emergency beacon went off around 8:00am AST (UTC-9), at the beginning of the 2005 opilio crab hunting season.

Havre-Saint-Pierre, Quebec

The town is also noted for the excellent fishing, being made up largely of snow crab, scallops, and lobster, with excellent salmon and trout to be found in the numerous rivers and lakes.

King Cove, Alaska

King Crab, bairdi and opilio tanner crab, pollock, cod, salmon, halibut and black cod harvested in both the Bering Sea and the Gulf of Alaska are processed throughout the year.

Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé, Quebec

Its factories, employing hundreds of people, process snow crab, rock crab, and lobster.


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