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ROCK CRAB [2 records]

Record 1 2023-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crustaceans
  • Seafood and Freshwater Food (Food Industries)
  • Commercial Fishing
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

Similar to the rock crab, C. irroratus but slightly larger; front margin of carapace is more strongly arched and marginal teeth minutely serrated or denticulate. Pincer legs or chelipeds are more massive, the "hand" much broader and more powerful than in the rock crab. Colour brick-red above with purplish mottlings.

OBS

Jonah crab: trade name recommended by the "Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des pêches commerciales" and by Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

Key term(s)
  • rock crab

French

Domaine(s)
  • Crustacés
  • Produits de mer et d'eau douce (Industr. alim.)
  • Pêche commerciale
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Espèce marine québécoise à potentiel commercial. Le crabe commun (Cancer irroratus) et le crabe nordique (C. borealis) sont souvent commercialisés indistinctement.

OBS

crabe nordique : nom commercial normalisé par l'OLF et le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des pêches commerciales.

OBS

tourteau jona : terme officialisé par l'Union européenne.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Crustáceos
  • Productos del mar y de agua dulce (Ind. alimentaria)
  • Pesca comercial
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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Record 2 2023-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crustaceans
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

… a Bigouden Nephrops trawl with a smaller footgear was used along with a different fishing protocol to sample rock crab (Cancer irroratus) ...

OBS

Labrador to South Carolina ... The most common shore crab in the region. [Its] carapace or shell board [is] convex, finely granulate [with a] yellowish [base colour and] completely overlaid with purple-brown dots.

OBS

rock crab: trade name recommended by the "Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des pêches commerciales" and by Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Crustacés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

[…] on a utilisé un chalut Bigouden Nephrops avec un bourrelet plus petit et un autre protocole de pêche afin d'échantillonner de manière plus efficace le crabe commun (Cancer irroratus) […]

OBS

Espèce de crabe tourteau qui est commune sur la côte est nord-américaine.

OBS

crabe commun : nom commercial normalisé par l'OLF et le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des pêches commerciales.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Crustáceos
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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