Market Sizing for Soft Shell Crabs

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Market Sizing for Soft Shell Crabs
By Renee Shelton

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Market Soft Shell Crab Sizing:

Sizing is based on in measurement across the back end point to end point. These are approximate market sizes and may vary with commercial company if purchasing them.

Mediums: 3 1/2 to 4 inches

Hotels: 4 to 4 1/2 inches

Primes: 4 1/2 to 5 inches

Jumbos: 5 to 5 1/2 inches

Whales: 5 1/2 inches and above

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