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GeauxldMember
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How many lbs of live crabs = 1 dozen

It's always been my estimation that regardless of grade/size, there were typically around 7-8 lbs/dozen, that the "lighter" crabs weighed close to the same due to having more water content, and cost was offset by the premium for #1 vs. #2, mixed, etc. I have been recently challenged on that standard, and wanted the FDB's input.


DonChowder
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re: How many lbs of live crabs = 1 dozen
1/2 crab per pound if we're talking about the almighty dungeness.


GeauxldMember
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re: How many lbs of live crabs = 1 dozen
You know I meant blue crabs, baw!


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LSUintheNW
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DonChowder
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Glad you saw that.


tipup
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re: How many lbs of live crabs = 1 dozen
40lbs per hamper. 6-8 dozen per hamper.


Janky
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You can get selects at Richard's for $16/crab. LT's will let them go for $12/crab. What a fricking joke this has become.


CHEDBALLZ
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Ive seen 1 crab weigh 1.2 lbs. You should always buy crab by the dozen.


unclebuck504
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re: How many lbs of live crabs = 1 dozen
I bought blue crabs here in suburban Atlanta the other day for $2.99 a pound.

The markup due to demand in Louisiana is outrageous.


JustSmokin
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The markup due to demand in Louisiana is outrageous.


Think it probably has more to do with the decline of blue crab population and harvesting over the years. Same demand, less supply.

Not sure will ever see it return to what it was with our marshland dissappearing and other impacts.


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wickowick
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How many lbs of live crabs = 1 dozen by unclebuck504
I bought blue crabs here in suburban Atlanta the other day for $2.99 a pound.

The markup due to demand in Louisiana is outrageous.




I think a lot of the larger crabs from Louisiana are shipped to the east coast because the get better pricing. In Louisiana smaller crabs Are abundant in the summer under $50 for a hamper.


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CHEDBALLZ
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$2.99 a pound.



That's not that much of markup considering the fisherman are only getting $2.25# for #1's. Factory crabs, #3's are right around $1# and 2's are a $1.50.

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The markup due to demand in Louisiana is outrageous.


We don't demand them as mush as they do up on the East Coast. Bushel (5 Doz.) of #1 Crabs go for over $300.


Gaston
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You can get selects at Richard's for $16/crab.


If you get there crazy early, then maybe. I want to have a $16 crab...but I don't eat dinner at 6pm.


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Boudreaux35
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You can get selects at Richard's for $16/crab. LT's will let them go for $12/crab. What a fricking joke this has become.


Well, you know, there have been no hurricanes in the gulf in the last couple years but there were plenty the years before so the sand has has gotten stagnant and then of course, there was the BP thing that, and now the fuel prices are down so there are many more people out there catching all the nice crabs so the population is down but there are more being caught and the high rainfalls this past year combined with the mild winter, well, prices just are what they are.

Crab fishermen been talking to the crawfishermen lately.


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MorbidTheClown
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$16/crab.


damn, i remember the days in da parish when you could get a dozen #1 crabs for less than that.


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I am GLORIOUS
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re: How many lbs of live crabs = 1 dozen
Crab Man Plus sells 10 dozen for $75

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tigerfootball10
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We don't demand them as mush as they do up on the East Coast. Bushel (5 Doz.) of #1 Crabs go for over $300.


And who lives on the East Coast? POLITICIANS. Yay for them. It's lovely eating #1 crabs on someone else's dime. Your Welcome from your friendly tax payer.


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Willie Stroker
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Ive seen 1 crab weigh 1.2 lbs. You should always buy crab by the dozen.



And if I've seen 1 crab weigh 0.8 lbs, that doesn't mean buying by the dozen is better. Why am I wrong?

Why not just get what you're paying for by buying by the pound?



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LSUintheNW
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unclebuck504
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You're right about the East Coast demand ... I worked for a crab buyer in Venetian Isles right off the Chef back in 94,95 ... all number ones were immediately shipped overnight to Bethesda, MD. The Chesapeake in no way meats the demand of the area.


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