Posts Tagged Crabs

The Newport Beach Dory Fleet — Looking Back #5 — 1973

March 15, 2018 by kenjones
She Doesn’t Crab About Fishwife’s Life Newport Beach—Carrie Beck was born to the good life. She was born with a silver spoon in her mouth and a stable in the backyard. She grew up in relative luxury in Fall River, Mass., and once rode her way to a first-place ribbon in a horse show at [...]

Opening day for crabs in 2010

October 8, 2016 by kenjones
I get a lot of nice posts on Pier Fishing In California [pierfishing.com] but few start off with a bevy of really good pictures like this one. Crab Season of 2010 — mixbreed To: Pier Fishing In California Message Board, From: mixbreed, Date: November 6, 2010 Went out today for the opener of the crab [...]

California Crabs —

January 2, 2012 by kenjones
Subphylum Crustacea (Crustaceans)  — Order Decapoda Crabs — Family Cancridae (Cancer Crabs) Genus Cancer ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Dungeness Crab •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• A Dungeness from the Pacifica Pier Species: Cancer magister (Dana, 1852). Some scientists, based on the shapes of the teeth of the carapace, have called for a new genus name Metacarcinus which would mean a scientific name of [...]