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SOFT-SHELL CRABS

Mid-May marks the opening of the CHESAPEAKE BAY SOFT-SHELL CRAB season. If all goes as it has in previous seasons, expect availability of this premium product through August, perhaps into September, with a few peaks and valleys along the way. This unique delicacy is packed for Royal Hawaiian Seafood, hand-selected for grading of size and with an eye towards our demands for premium quality.

Our primary supplier is a third-generation family operated business that has overcome the challenges associated with the packing and shipping of this delicate product. Soft-Shell Crabs are Blue Crabs, which have just shed their hard outer shell. Before the new shell has had time to harden, these crabs are carefully harvested, graded for size and quality, and packed for shipping across the country.

Soft-shell crabs are in an extremely vulnerable and delicate state. It is truly an art requiring proper timing and experience to make this industry work. Despite temperature changes, several hours out of their environment, and traveling some 3000 miles, our supplier has perfected this art to the point that SOME OF THE CRABS ARE STILL ALIVE when you receive them.

Grading: “Hotels” at 4” - 4.5” “Primes” at 4.5” - 5” “Jumbos” at 5” - 5.5”

Royal Hawaiian will strive to meet your needs of this product on Tuesdays through Saturdays. Typically the season has started out very strong for just a couple of weeks, tapering off to a “hit-and-miss” situation for about 3 weeks or so, and then coming on strong again all through July and August.

This seasonal delicacy offers your patrons an extraordinary culinary experience. Call your sales representative to pre-order and get in on this opportunity.

For more info please read:

Catch of the Day: Soft Shell Crab //08.2007

by Knute Hogan

CAVIAR//12.2008

JOHN DORY//09.2008

REDFISH//08.2008

ABALONE//03.2008

AMERICAN LOBSTER//02.2008

MUSSELS//01.2008

AQUACULTURE//11.2007

PACIFIC ROCKFISH//10.2007

ARTIC CHAR //08.2007