CAT FOOD, it's so obvious it's stupid!

Exports to Asia. It’s a cuisine over there. Take care the problem and earn lot of $$$ USD

Green crabs infesting NH, Blue crabs infesting Italy, King crabs infesting Norway and even Antarctica - why the hell are crabs so expensive? Because the fishermen want to make a killing out of it? Can't sell it for $30 a pound to buy a new house every year so dump it? God, I wish I lived beside the sea where I could catch them by the bucket full every day of the year, I would be a very happy man with a satisfied appetite.

Grind them up for pet food or fertilizer.

hide behind that "its an invasive species, its killing all the other speciest speil." its working well. invasion is a real thing.

Congrats on a new season! Glad to see this project continuing.

Hard work for little reward.

How do I get to contact With Mike?

they shouldn't try get this on the market think of it lets say there is a demand for it and the best time to harvest is molting stage ok will they be protected them for the market and if they do they are going to be destroying habitat and killing off the native species

And even if they arent moulting, can’t you remove the claws, legs and carapace, and just deepfry the 2 parcels of meat in the rib area. Yes there is still some soft shell there, but deep frying should make it more than edible.

Huge amount of protein. For the crabs that aren’t soft shell (moulting). Can’t they Rip off the carapace and claws (too hard) and grind it all into meal to feed livestock. Convert them into steaks and chops.

They need state or federally funded bounties. Some municipalities have had bounties, but the pay was just too low to make an impact. You would have to catch a ton of green crab, just to make $750. Thats not feasible.

any update with this project?

I am in the middle of switching career. I am from the MA/NH border. Not sure if I want to get into green crab business.

I had to shut you off because of the loud music.

Inspiring! Thank you for sharing your stories. Can’t wait to hear them.

I'm in Atlantic Canada, and I see and harvest many of the same species. Fucus/Bladderwrack is great dehydrated as a crunchy snack. My pantry is full. I often find sea lettuce and sugar kelp also. I always have a ziplock baggie in my pocket on beach walks. Your video was very helpful!

This is a wonderfully informative video, thank you!

It would be great to have you talked to the state of Washington do you know what they have us do they quite literally have us take a picture of it measure it and then throw it back in the water even though directly across the river at the mouth of Bowie 10 in Oregon you're told to keep or destroy them..... How does that even make sense

They make really good bait for catching blackfish/tautog in the coastal waters of the northeastern United States

its time to get these into Chinese Buffets across the country

I guess an easy way to do it would be to glue different colored beads or something to the top of the shell so that way when they molt you know when they have new shells. And you can also tell when you caught the crab or if it is a catch and release and you caught it later by the color or lack thereof

Someone should consider making crab bullion. We buy shrimp bullion all the time for soups and sauces.

Peel the top shell , remove lungs , batter dip and deep fry . Delicious

Don't tog eat them.

Love this!

I tried to catch green crabs in fairhaven ma, and had no luck I have tried in other parts of ma and had no luck

Use them for compost or commercial fish feed?

This might sound crazy - but green crabs have disappeared from my beach in Fairhaven, ma - and the crazy part is I miss them - I need them for bait - are the waters too warm?

Crab cakes seefood cake

They also make great pasta sauce. And you can use hardshell greens for that too.

Marine Aquaculture is the future.

Buy some green crabs bait shop IL Chicago sx ship over 50 bl ship ments call head stop ordered wait IL Chicago mayer office wait love hugs

Let all the in

Giving people tickets and fined them for harvesting INVASIVE critters. Over regulations for people that think they are the most 💯. DUMB ASS ASL.

Invasive snails and clams. YET...it's edibles to people outside of the United. Until shut the fans of these Invasive species, then HIW can resolve this issue.

Is there any type of map that shows where best places are to go and catch them or are they just all over the seacoast?

Introduce redfish and black drum they'll clean em right up

you can sell them to Vietnamese market, they will love it

Actually, these small crabs are perfect for the Asian market. A lot of Asians love to snack on small crustaceans, nuts, small fruits, etc with drinking at night. Anyone who have been to Asia and go to the night market. That is where it is hopping.

These crabs are extremely popular bait in New England for Tautog (blackfish), scup (porgies), black sea bass, fluke, and more. I buy them all the time and have excellent results. I like the larger ones as I cut all the claws and legs off for chum, then cut them in half. Hooking them in one leg socket and out another does a great job keeping them on the hook. I also do all my prep ahead of time as they work perfectly after cleaning and freezing them. I only need to cut them in half when fishing and it lets me keep my gear in the water much longer. I bring the legs in a bag and slowly chum them out to build the bite and it's paid off every time. To me they are a reasonably priced bait that outperforms many others for bottom feeding fish.

Can the acid soften their shells?

Get some southeast asians near you. We know how to cook these types of crabs really good and are their natural predators. We'll eat thousands every week for a family of 4 easily lmao

Great teamwork!!! Go UNH…

I can flex that I did this with my friend and her mom ( Becky Heuss ) and with mike🙂😊

Invasive species motto, "If you can't beat em, eat em". I now have green crab on my retirement tour along with snakehead, Asian carp (aka silver fin) and nutria.

Ya late

Fertilizer and soil amendment might be good way to use.

If they have been there since 1800. When did they become such a big problem? Was it in other parts of the US

Someone harvests them for calcium(shells) and fertilizers(meat) or protein for pets.