BC Dungeness Crab

Waiting for Crab Fest got you feeling like a kid in a roller coaster lineup? (who’s eaten too much cotton candy and kinda has to pee…)

💪🏻 Time to take matters into your own hands!

Bring the crab party home with our super simple crab boil how-to recipe HERE 🦀

😎 Keep it easy breezy with classic, flavourful feast additions like corn on the cob, baby potatoes and garlic bread.

🎩 Want to get a bit fancy about it?
Add elevated elements such as charred lemons, other local seafood like spot prawns & clams, herbed butters, real plates…

Impress the heck outta your friends and family, or be the neighbourhood hero and make it a block party!

Whether your downhome dinner is dressed up or down, it’s guaranteed to bring folks together to kick off a sizzling summer of local seafood. 🦀🐟🦐

Hosting a crab party? Post your pics and tag us to be featured in our upcoming home feast highlight reel! 🎥

PS . Don’t be bummed out if your boil doesn't look exactly like the photos. If it tastes right, you did it right! (plus we have pro-photographers, so we kinda cheated a little bit🤷🏼‍♀️)

The Pro-Photographers 👇🏻
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Check out this simple crab boil recipe https://weheartbccrab.ca/recipes/boiled-whole-dungeness-crab/

🦀 Let Crab Fest help you pinch your pennies! Buy your tickets by June 17th and save $10! Head to our website to get those savings now: https://weheartbccrab.ca/news/false-creek-crab-fest/

Hang on to your moist towelettes folks, things are about to get messy! 😋

BYOB (bring your own bibs) encouraged for adults and little ones alike. It's an essential part of the experience and trust us, no one's judging 😉

Get ready to roll up your sleeves and get cracking with us at our 2024 festival lineup:

🦀 BC Seafood Festival - June 20-23, Mt. Washington, Comox Valley
BC Seafood Festival

🦀 False Creek Crab Festival - July 27, False Creek Fisherman’s Wharf, Vancouver BC


🦀 Vancouver Island Crab Fest - July 13, Banfield Park, Victoria BC


🎟 Spaces for these delicious dig-ins sell out fast!

Grab your False Creek Crab Fest tix now on our site at weheartbccrab.ca/news/false-creek-crab-fest/

Swing over to bcseafoodfestival.com to stake your claim to a spot at our BC Crab Kitchen Party & Masterclass

And bop onto crabfest.ca/ to buy your bucket o’ crab at the biggest park party on the Island!

Mark your calendars, grab your friends, and dig into feasting and fun this season with BC crab!
And don't worry, wet wipes are on the house. You'll need ‘em!

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We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Province of British Columbia

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Are you looking for a recipe worthy of your Valentine? This Dundee’s crab, mushroom, and miso pasta is sure to impress!

Recipe is linked in our bio!

False Creek Crab Fest 🦀

We’re excited to bring the highly anticipated inaugural False Creek Crab Fest to Vancouver. This event takes place at False Creek Fishermen's Wharf on Saturday, July 15th, from 12pm to 4pm. False Creek Crab Fest will host seafood lovers, families, artists, and other local businesses for an unforgettable afternoon of finger-licking seafood plates prepared by Chef Vish Mayekar with Chef Robert Clark and Chef Dez Lo, live music, games, and more. Check the link in our bio for tickets and look forward to seeing you there!

Thanks to everyone who came out for Prince Rupert’s 2nd annual Dungeness eating contest this past weekend.

🏆Kids 12 and under winner - Ronin Tatersall with a time of 6 minutes (1 crab).

🏆Teen competition winner - defending champion Hartley Humpherville with a time of 6 minutes and 30 seconds (1 crab).

Adult competition winner - defending champion Pamela Rouse with a time of 9 minutes and 30 seconds (two crab).

A big thanks to Duncan Cameron from for supplying the crab, Chef Dai Fukasaku for helping to cook it and from for organizing the contest this year!

Shout out also to for hosting the competition at the Cow Bay main stage at Seafest weekend.

Sign up for this year's Dungeness crab-eating contest in Prince Rupert during Seafest Weekend!

UPDATE: SOOOOO many entries! thank you to eveyone who entered unfortunately there can only be 5 in each age group.

KIDS under 12- 2 more spots available

TEEN- 1 spot available ( ***HARLEY Reigning Champion. Your spot is reserved please submit an entry form by May 25th if you wish to defend your title)

ADULT- FULL- PAMELA TOUSE Reigning Queen will be defending her crown!

Everyone please come out and cheer on the challengers if they are unable to attend we will ask for volunteers from the crowds!

Crab Eating Contest!
Entry forms:
https://www.prspecialevents.com/crab-eating-contest.html

Are you still looking for a great Mother's Day gift? How about a delicious BC-caught Dungeness crab dinner!

Check out these locations across BC for all of your Dungie needs.

🦀 F***y Bay Oysters - F***y Bay and Vancouver

🦀 Crabby Bob's Seafood Inc - Campbell River

🦀 Finest At Sea Victoria - Victoria

🦀 Mad Dog Crabs - Duncan

🦀 Dolly's Fish Market - Prince Rupert

🦀 The Lobster Man - Vancouver

🦀 Seadrift Seafood - Nanaimo

Sara and Katie from DFO's Prince Rupert branch were checking the newly installed Dungeness crab larval light trap last week. Their trap is the most northern trap to be included in a network of Dungeness crab light traps that span the US and Canadian West Coast (a project started by the Pacific Northwest Crab Research group).

This network of traps hopes to shed some light on larval crab origins and movement and may be able to be used to help predict future abundance. 🦀

Area B crab harvesters are down at the Port Edward and Prince Rupert docks, preparing for their April 1st season opener.

Crab management areas A, E, G and H are also currently open for commercial crab harvest.

👉 Check out the map at the end of the photos if you'd like to learn if the commercial crab fishery is open close to you.

Wishing all Area B harvesters a great 2023 season!

👉 Did you know that it takes about four years for a male crab to reach the legal size for harvesting?

All Dungeness crab must measure 165mm "notch to notch" to be of legal size. This allows every male crab to have at least one to two years of sexual maturity before being harvested.

All females and undersized crab are returned to the water to help continue to grow the population. 🦀

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Check out this easy Dungeness crab sauce recipe from Chef Rob Clark 🍴🦀

🦀Holy crab! Chef Rob Clark's tasty BC Dungeness Crab sauce recipe might just be our new favourite seafood topper and pasta sauce! Try it for yourself with this easy-to-follow recipe that requires only 1 – 2 ingredients:

Ingredients:

🦀 Whole BC Dungeness Crab that has been boiled for 10 – 12 minutes (depending on size), then cooled slightly and cleaned immediately.

🧈 [Optional]: Whole Unsalted Butter (or 35% cream, if preferred)

Method:

1️⃣Reserve the crab butter (the yellow solidified product found in the head of the crab shell) after it has been cooked. Place in a sauce pot.
2️⃣Reserve all the other liquid that comes out of the crab when you are cleaning it, adding it to the same pot as the crab butter.
3️⃣Bring this mixture to a boil and cook until it has been reduced by about half and looks like it is splitting (it is splitting!)
4️⃣Place this in a blender and purée until it is emulsified and smooth
5️⃣Strain through a fine mesh strainer and it is ready to use
6️⃣Add to pasta, soups, or cream sauces for seafood.

⭐ Chef's Note: you can also add 35% cream, or whole unsalted butter, to lessen the intensity of the sauce; Chef likes to whisk in some fresh, unsalted butter. Buy BC

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Happy International Women's Day!

There are so many dedicated women who work in BC's Dungeness crab fishery to celebrate today. Working to help support the fishery on the water, at the dock, in the office or the gear yard.

Check out these amazing women who help keep our coastal communities thriving.

⭐️Alaina Pyde - Project Manager, Teem Fish Monitoring

⭐️Frances Esau - Dungeness crab harvester

⭐️Noella Edwards - Dungeness crab harvester

⭐️Dianne Villesèche - Program Manager, North Coast Fisheries Monitoring, Ecotrust Canada

⭐️Hannah Scherr - Dungeness crab offloaded

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Have you ever seen a white Dungeness crab?

This 2+ pounder was caught this fall in the Hecate Strait by the crew of the F/V Nanruss. The white coloration happens from a condition called leucism (partial pigment loss), and the odds of it happening to a Dungeness are one in six million!

This isn't the first time that a white crab has been caught in BC. In 2021 Robbie Heggelund and his crew were fishing in Sooke and caught the same white Dungeness five times (photo 2) before they donated him to Sidney’s Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea. The center named him Walter White.

Check out the article link in our bio to learn more about Walter.

Have you watched the Your Nation's Table Dungeness crab episode yet? Check it out!

Did you know that Coastal British Columbia is home to 7 diverse crabbing regions where Dungeness Crab are harvested?

Prince Rupert is the hub for BC Dungeness Crab fishing, where over 50% of BC crab is harvested. Join us as we meet some of the friendly faces in this community who are responsible for ensuring this delicacy is sustainably harvested before it reaches our tables and restaurant menus.

Full episode available online on Joytv BC: bit.ly/3IHDNU6.

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In many fisheries all over Canada (and the world), the skills and knowledge needed to harvest our delicious wild seafood are passed down through generations of families working together on the water. Families like the Heggelunds who have fished for three generations, and now four, with the youngest ones learning the ropes!

Robbie Heggelund and his family harvest Dungeness crab onboard the F/V Spodin out of Sooke, BC. They also harvest Halibut, Rockfish, Sablefish, Salmon and Tuna!

Happy Family Day from our families to yours!

Check out the latest episode of Your Nation's Table. Featuring BC caught Dungeness crab!

Filmed in Prince Rupert and Port Edward, BC, home to 58 Dungeness crab vessels and over 250 crew members!

You can watch it online here: https://www.joytv.ca/video/your-nations-table-bc-dungenesscrab/?fbclid=IwAR1ZUhdlozERi4j6kMzQxW9jlcMTJ3-bWx6klqe2xRESsPCR8_gRgHlp0gc

Did you know that a crab can move up to about 6 miles a day? 🤯

Discover the fascinating world of BC Dungeness Crab fishing during our final episode of Your Nation's Table, now available online on Joytv BC: https://bit.ly/3PVl5dC

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We love this post from Chef Dai Fukasaku (Fukasaku of Prince Rupert)!

Have you watched to Dungeness crab episode on Your Nations Table yet?

Sea-sonal greetings from our families to yours!

Are you wanting to add BC-caught Dungeness crab to your holiday dinner menu? Check out these locations in BC for all of your Dungie needs!

🦀 - F***y Bay and Vancouver

🦀 - Campbell River

🦀 - Victoria

🦀 - Duncan

🦀 - Prince Rupert

🦀 - Vancouver

🦀 - Nanaimo

Cozy soup season is here!

Throwback to this delicious locally caught Dungeness crab, Spot Prawn and Albacore Tuna ramen from Chef Dai Fukasaku ().

BC caught Dungeness crab is still in-season for the holiday season!

Add some holiday favourites to your dinner party 🦀

🌟Dungeness crab dip
🌟Dungeness crab salad and crackers
🌟Baked Dungeness crab
🌟Dungeness crab bisque
🌟Dungeness crab cocktail

What's your favourite holiday Dungie treat?

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When is Dungeness Crab season in BC? 🦀🌈

Coastal British Columbia has seven diverse crabbing regions where the seasons slightly differ due to water temperature and other ecological factors.

We have highlighted the main months for each Dungeness crab fishing area below:

• Area A: Hecate Strait and Haida Gwaii -> July to December
• Area B: North and Central Coast Mainland -> April to December
• Area E: West Coast of Vancouver Island -> May to December
• Area G: Johnstone Strait -> May to December
• Area H Strait of Georgia -> May to December
• Area I Fraser River -> June to November
• Area J Boundary Bay -> July to November

"Your Nation’s Table": BC seafood scene gets the spotlight in new TV series | Curated ZoomerMedia's "Your Nation’s Table" is a celebration of British Columbia's seafood scene hosted by Carmen Ruiz y Laza and Chef Robert Clark.

We were grateful to meet with NDP party leader Jagmeet Singh and North Coast MP Taylor Bachrach today while they were in Prince Rupert. They were able to escape the rain and stay dry aboard the F/V Fat Fish. Thanks to Telell and Colton Waldhaus for having them on board.

Another big thanks to Joy Thorkelson from the UFAWU for helping to organize the meeting and Duncan Cameron from the BC Crab Fisherman's Association for sharing his knowledge about BC's crab fishery.

We always appreciate the time spent by our elected representatives to learn about the importance of fisheries to our coastal communities!

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🦀There are tons of great prizes to be won at this Saturday's Crab Boil. Each Crab Boil ticket is numbered and is your chance to win! Make sure to get your tickets in advance.

If you are not present when your ticket number is called, you will be contacted for prize pick-up.

A special thanks to .machining and C-Force Marine Ltd. for donating the prizes.