Valdez - Seward
Blijf op de hoogte en volg Aina
31 Juli 2017 | Verenigde Staten, Seward
Wow! The King crab was freaking expensive, but so worth it! Ik kreeg twee immense grote krabpoten met daarbij groenten en een bord spaghetti geserveerd. De groenten en de spaghetti heb ik laten staan, ik had meer dan genoeg aan de King crab (1). Ik ben de krab te lijf gegaan met een kraker en een schaar, wat was de krab lekker! Gisteren was een reisdag, ik blijf mezelf herhalen, maar de route was weer mooi, langs gletsjers, besneeuwde bergen, bossen en meren. We moesten nog even remmen voor een overstekende hoary marmot (grote versie van de Europese marmot), verder helaas geen wildlife gezien.
1) The red king crab, also called Kamchatka crab or Alaskan king crab, is a species of king crab native to the Bering Sea. It grows to a leg span of 1.8 m, and is heavily targeted by fisheries. Red king crabs can be very large, sometimes reaching a carapace width of 28 cm and a leg span of 1.8 . It was named after the color it turns when it is cooked rather than the color of a living animal, which tends to be more burgundy. The king crab is native to the Bering Sea, north Pacific Ocean, around the Kamchatka Peninsula and neighboring Alaskan waters. It was introduced artificially by the Soviet Union into the Murmansk Fjord, Barents Sea, during the 1960s to provide a new, and valuable catch. The average temperature of the water for general survival of the crab is between 4 and 10 °C. The crabs prefer to be in the lower temperatures, but can continue a stable lifecycle in the warmer temperatures. The depth at which it can live has much to do with what stage of its lifecycle it is in; newly hatched crab (larvae) stay in the more shallow waters where food and protection are plentiful. Usually after the age of two, the crabs move down to depths of 20–50 metres and take part in what is known as podding; hundreds of crabs come together in tight, highly concentrated groups. Adult crabs are found usually more than 200 m down on the sand and muddy areas in the substrate. They migrate in the winter/ early spring to shallower depths for mating, but most of their lives are spent in the deep waters where they feed. It is the most coveted of the commercially sold king crab species, and is the most expensive per unit weight. It is most commonly caught in the Bering Sea and Norton Sound, Alaska, and is particularly difficult to catch, but is nonetheless one of the most preferred crabs for consumption.
1) The red king crab, also called Kamchatka crab or Alaskan king crab, is a species of king crab native to the Bering Sea. It grows to a leg span of 1.8 m, and is heavily targeted by fisheries. Red king crabs can be very large, sometimes reaching a carapace width of 28 cm and a leg span of 1.8 . It was named after the color it turns when it is cooked rather than the color of a living animal, which tends to be more burgundy. The king crab is native to the Bering Sea, north Pacific Ocean, around the Kamchatka Peninsula and neighboring Alaskan waters. It was introduced artificially by the Soviet Union into the Murmansk Fjord, Barents Sea, during the 1960s to provide a new, and valuable catch. The average temperature of the water for general survival of the crab is between 4 and 10 °C. The crabs prefer to be in the lower temperatures, but can continue a stable lifecycle in the warmer temperatures. The depth at which it can live has much to do with what stage of its lifecycle it is in; newly hatched crab (larvae) stay in the more shallow waters where food and protection are plentiful. Usually after the age of two, the crabs move down to depths of 20–50 metres and take part in what is known as podding; hundreds of crabs come together in tight, highly concentrated groups. Adult crabs are found usually more than 200 m down on the sand and muddy areas in the substrate. They migrate in the winter/ early spring to shallower depths for mating, but most of their lives are spent in the deep waters where they feed. It is the most coveted of the commercially sold king crab species, and is the most expensive per unit weight. It is most commonly caught in the Bering Sea and Norton Sound, Alaska, and is particularly difficult to catch, but is nonetheless one of the most preferred crabs for consumption.
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