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A1Seafood.com specializes in wholesale dungeness crabs. We can ship live or cooked as well as cooked frozen. The best months to purchase dungeness crab are during the winter months as the dungeness crab is what is referred to as “hard” meaning their shells are full of juicy crab meat. During the warmer months the dungeness crab are what is referred to as “soft” meaning they do not have as much meat in them. Soft does not mean their shells are soft at least with dungeness crabs.
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So, the best months to buy live dungeness crab from us are November 15 through May 1. We carry cooked frozen dungeness crab but not past Sept 1 as we control all of our products to ensure the absolute best in freshness.
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Dungeness crab ordering:
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Consumer wholesale orders consist of 100 crabs or less.
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SPECIAL: Now save up to 45% off on shipping. We now have a discount FedEx account.
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Small consumer wholesale crab packages:
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FAMILY FEAST: 5 dungeness crabs - about 10 pounds. Shipped overnight via our discount FedEx account.
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Wholesale orders:
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PARTY TIME: 15 dungeness crabs - about 30 lbs. Shipped overnight via our FedEx with our discount account.
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Dungeness crab being delivered.
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LIVE DUNGENESS CRAB ORDERS
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All crab orders under 1,500 lbs. for the 2011-2012 crab season are priced daily per pound as the market fluctuates. Rates will gradually climb weekly.
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DUNGENESS CRABS; THE 2012 SEASON IS GETTING READY TO START ON NOVEMBER 15TH. WE ARE CURRENTLY OUT OF CRAB.
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Exceptions: If you have your own packaging, pallets and refrigerated truck and can come pick up the product we can supply the rest; ice, loading etc, We will fill these orders at the flat daily market rate per pound. We ship crab only out of the greater San Francisco and San Jose area at this time.
1) DRIVER MUST KNOW THIS IS A DRIVER ASSIST LOAD.
2.) YOUR DRIVER MUST BE FULLY INSURED AND SIGN A WAIVER RELEASING US FROM LIABILITY.
3.) YOU MUST HAVE GOOD PALLETS WITH EITHER WOOD BINS OR SIDE BANDED CORRUGATED CARDBOARD BINS WITH POLYETHYLENE BAGS FOR LINING OR WE WILL NOT LOAD YOUR TRUCK. PLASTIC BINS ARE OK.
4.) IF YOU LOCATION IS FARTHER THAN 200 MILES FROM THE GREATER SAN FRANCISCO AREA YOU MUST HAVE A REFRIGERATED TRUCK WITH TEMP MAINTAINED AT 36 -38 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT OR WE CAN’T LOAD YOUR TRUCK.
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Why is it important to be very choosy when buying live dungeness crabs? Being shipped stresses the crab out to much and he (males are available for harvest only) releases enzymes into his body. These enzymes causes the meat to be less sweet. If you don’t work with the absolute quickest handlers (getting it off the boat, packaged and shipped) then you are not getting the absolute best crabs. We only deal with NUMBER ONE PRODUCTS..
Did you know?
+ Dungeness crabs will not eat any food in captivity.
+ Dungeness crabs are the hardest crab to ship live as their lungs are so large any quick movements can tear their insides and organs.
+ If you were to drop a 50 lb box of dungeness crabs from waist height that almost half of them will die within 24 hours.
+ A female dungeness crab can release over 2 million crab eggs.
+ To ensure dungeness crabs remain a sustainable resource the government does not allow the removal of female crabs for commercial or sport fishing.
The ABSOLUTE best tasting dungeness crab is quickly removed from the boat and thrown into a boiling pot of salt water within one hour. That’s exactly what we do for our cooked orders.
We cook our dungeness crabs for 7 minutes per pound and no more so they are just finished. When you receive a cooked crab order from us you can eat it the way it is cold or hot. For hot bring water to rapid boil. Immerse crab fully and flash cook for 2 - 3 minutes (no more) and bon appetite!
The average size of our crabs cooked is 2 lbs.
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