Dungeness crab: Oregon’s most lucrative fishery | Pacific Northwest food | Superabundant S2 E1

[@FishTough]

I know those guys! Awesome Documentary! Good job! Go Team Port Orford!

[@hcwbw3]

In S.Florida it's Stone crab, but while I was visiting Oregon and Washington I stumbled upon Dungeness Bay. At a fish house near my hotel I asked what was in season and they said "Dungeness crab", I asked to confirm, was that Dungeness bay I just drove by? They said the magic word..... YES. Incredibly delicious meal, wonderfully flavorful and abundant meat, funny how such different species one tropical the other from cold waters are so wonderfully delicious. Love the Oregon and Washington area natural beauty and really very nice friendly people.

[@avayu2289]

I love Dungeness crab! Delicious!

[@ronstoner1823]

I was born and raised in the high desert of eastern Oregon, right on the Snake River Oregon/Idaho border. My friend's grandpa had a boat, he always stayed in Garibaldi! He would have us come over and go crabbing and fishing, and make margaritas for us. This is awesome!

[@NevadaSmith2]

Dungeness crab is my favorite food, without question. My idea of comfort food is sitting in a harbor cafe on a foggy morning, and having a cup of chowder and Dungeness crab 🤤 Being from Nor Cal, and frequently visiting Oregon‘s coast, I have been fortunate to enjoy this glorious cuisine countless times! Thank you to all the fishing communities from Monterey Bay to BC who provide this amazing food 🙌🏻

[@rocknroller77]

Yes!

[@stevenhoang2671]

no

[@jeffpetrie7744]

$27.99 at Costco (maybe only in the PNW?) for a pint of Dungeness meat! At Pike Place Market in Seattle the same pint is $60. - I’m with you: Dungeness crab is The Best.

[@jamesc8722]

I used to catch these off the docks in my hometown as a kid, a crab pot and some old freezer burned chicken worked like a charm. Very tasty!

[@thitesmarantz4970]

Love, Love, Love Dungeness and blue crabs 🦀♥️♥️

[@douglassauvageau7262]

Great video! The well-managed Dungeness Crab fishery is a delicious factor in sustaining economic and cultural health on the Oregon Coast.

[@pang-ngiavang1956]

I love eating dungeness crabs🥰

[@barbdavis4624]

I grew up on Maryland Blue crab. When I married a guy from Washington, he introduced me to Dungeness - cold and on the beach with sand. I was hooked. It is a sweeter crab.

[@dmug]

Coastal native from the southern Oregon coast and glad to see there’s people who actually season crabs, could use a bit more of that across the state ;)

[@kmoecub]

One of my favorite childhood memories is getting freshly steamed Dungeness from Tony's Fish Market in Oregon City and having that for dinner with nothing but melted butter and a salad. I also remember fishing out of Garabaldi as a teenager. We caught a lot of Rockfish and Cod that day and ate it from the freezer for months.

[@richardclarkson4857]

I'm not from Oregon. I've never even been there. But these programs are so wonderful that I hope to visit someday!

[@erossinema8797]

So get on a Greyhound bus and go. What's stopping you?

[@richardclarkson4857]

@@erossinema8797 The Greyhound bus part! Haha. In all seriousness though, I would like to see it some day. Life is just a little too complicated to drop everything and go. I wish I could however!

[@Acolis]

ive been there and it is pretty cool. i really like ashland and medford

[@shannongreene1796]

Nothing touches Dungeness. Chili crab is a bucket list item for me. Great vid. Beautiful community of people.

[@JoshuaC923]

Did not expect to see Singaporeans, but we do really like to eat dungeness crabs. Great video😋

[@JosePlata]

I have fond memories of renting a small boat in Netarts bay and throwing our crab pots in the bay then retreating to the bar for a couple hours and then picking up our pots which were always filled to the limit and then there's a cauldron of boiling water waiting for us dockside. Just throw the crabs in the pot for a few mins, pop a cold beer - YUM.

[@MaizeANDBlue1957]

I bought a couple smaller (1.3 pound) crabs at Albertsons last night. _Love Dungeness crab!_

[@mr.d8214]

I "crabbed: outside of Pacific City, OR a few times back in 2004. I have fished off both coasts, ALL 5 Great lakes, Mississippi river and dozens of other lakes and rivers BUT NO BETTER TASTING FOOD WAS FOUND OUTSIDE OF DUNGENESS CRAB. EVER.

[@sergeytaranovich2368]

Do you ever try Maryland blue crabs from brackish waters? Google what are tastiest crabs in a world.

[@philipmorphew6301]

Dungeness crab is delicious!

[@erickeenan7562]

Love this...that Oregon coast is treacherous. Big tides, big surf. This has to be a very dangerous job. Add in the variables, and it must be stressful. But, with Alaska being locked down…I am hoping they can harvest this year.

[@Jack-xy5xq]

Well then came 2023.. record breaking year.

[@erni25]

Informative and good video production

[@thenewlevi]

Best crab in the world!

[@kensanity178]

At one time the passenger pigeon was super abundant. So was the American bison

[@me-nh9xp]

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[@joedennehy386]

Pity they didn't have a management program, you misanthrope

[@kensanity178]

@@joedennehy386 yeah, I like to eat crab, like everyone else. I just dont want the crabs to go extinct because of it.

[@sharonmarket9526]

merica

[@luiswankerman5375]

Apparently stating facts triggers people

[@alinchitown7556]

Got a shipment of these last week, absolutely delicious. Expensive but worth every penny.

[@joedennehy386]

Well the fishermen are getting $5.30 per pound. So hopefully you're not paying much more than double that.

[@stanleythompson5321]

Range from 7.99 to 11.99 in socal.

[@sharkparty1027]

I miss living on the coast of Oregon. But boy it is cold out there .

[@dlewis8405]

The chili crab looks good. Messy I am sure but good.

[@eddiebeaty8150]

Every time I see Dungeness crab I remember Curly of the Three Stooges at a table saying aah a spida and the ensuing battle 😄 🤣

[@spaided]

My favorite crab.

[@DaddyPhatSnack]

Staying on Oregon coast has been on my 🪣 list. a weekend of crab OMG YES !! TY for the documentary

[@jamesdriscoll_tmp1515]

I like the bottom fish combo. They drop lots on the day out to the banks where you catch sea bass and lingcod, then collect them pots on the return trip.

[@ozzypresident]

every saturday night catching crabs is definitely a gamble

[@juliemanarin4127]

I absolutely love crab...lobster and shrimp and scallops! I live in Chicago and i wish i lived where i could fish for crab etc. 😢

[@squamishfish]

Commercial Dungeons crabbing in British Columbia is done mainly between Vancouver Island and the BC coastal mainland so it is much safer then the open pacific waters

[@pgdog888]

It's 6 dollars for small and 8 for big in San Francisco.

[@wit2pz]

Hoping to get back to Seattle sometime this year and introduce my gf to the Crab Crab and Crab at the Crab Pot!

[@d.e.7467]

Do they have 🦀 on their menu? 😜

[@wit2pz]

@@d.e.7467 mmmmmmaaaayyyyyyyyybe... 😏

[@sgenetti77]

Despite all the commentary to the contrary, great news that our west coast had a bounceback year for crabs. Our grocery stores ACROSS THE NATION need bountiful harvests from everywhere in the US where we commercially grow or harvest food.

[@krissolson7043]

One of my favorite things is crabbing on the Oregon coast.

[@___beyondhorizon4664]

I see my brother every 5 years or so, I'm in CA, they are near Kuala Lumpur. In order for me to request my brother to cook, I just ask for the Chili 🌶️ ♋ Crab 🦀 dish, he will just cook it. It's messy, so I only eat it when I visit him

[@JoshuaC923]

Msia seafood is amazing

[@mariekatherine5238]

I think a dungeness crab would make an interesting pet!

[@calcrappie8507]

Our crab season was a little late starting in California. Plenty of Dungeness crab. Big and meaty. Delicious. Some San Francisco sourdough bread, butter and fresh crab. Yum. East coast blue crabs are very good too. Difference is Dungeness are so meaty. Winter is crab feed time. All you can eat. Everyone love crab.

[@DM-hw4cr]

You make it sound like there is a unlimited supply of crab. Ridiculous cost $$

[@calcrappie8507]

@@DM-hw4cr The fish folks monitor populations pretty close. The big question is how much the Alaska fleet takes off the California coast this year. They had no snow crab season this year in AK and could really clobber our stock of dungeness.

[@slugnaholowaa7406]

Is it really that abundant?

[@mtbalpinecounty]

💪

[@billkemp9315]

I love crabs, I grew up in Northern Virginia and so consuming Blue Crab is the norm, I would love to try Dungeness crabs. You know crabs are the ocean equivalent of cockroaches on land. ;-)

[@gaius_enceladus]

Yum! Here in NZ we don't have Dungeness crab but we have other ones - they're pretty good too! Lots of crayfish (rock lobster) too although they're too strong for my liking.

[@joedennehy386]

Kia ora bro. Not too strong for me. Love em

[@stanleythompson5321]

Too strong? No, their weak points are to grab them from above or behinds. You just don't grab them from head on. I usually put them on their back, seeing their little feet kicking helplessness in the air.

[@michealcorbin6095]

In my opinion Dungeness crab are also the best tasting crab bar none

[@TheSilmarillian]

Have no idea of the crabs in the US hello from Australia great doco indeed

[@Leo-bp5ns]

I make caramel chili stir fried crab dishes. Cook with spring onion and long string bean... taste is sweet spicy seafood

[@dennissaunders5247]

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE DUNGENESS 🦀 CRAB. PLEASE SEND SOME TO LAS VEGAS.

[@danabe3220]

I enjoy crabbing off the docks.

[@christopherkaiser1]

I was always under the impression Dungeness crab come Dungeness bay in Washington. Those buggers must travel a bit.

[@louisliu5638]

Boundary Bay shared by Canada and Pt. Roberts is the second largest Dungeness producing water outside Alaska. If you take the legal sizes, you're leaving the breeders, so it's a renewable resource. If you take undersize, (a problem with new fishers), then you hurt the future.

[@Giftedtib]

❤ me some dungeness crab, yo

[@Dreadwinner]

😎

[@MrP4v]

The way Dungies are caught is absolutely crazy and far more dangerous for fishermen and whales than it should be with the “gun going off” no matter the weather. The only winner in this scenario is the processor who will buy cheaply, cook and freeze the crab for sale at a much higher price at a later time. The best crab is fresh! There are too many crab pots out there. The “peak season” should be stretched out over longer time and consumers will enjoy a better product at a fair price for a longer and fisherman can be paid for what their product is worth fresh.

[@mr.d8214]

Agree. But damn, they are so great right after they are caught, cleaned and put in a pot of salted water.

[@dongningprc]

Is this crab called Van Couver Crab in Canada?

[@ireneskulmoski5764]

Absolutely love Dungeness crab but it is rarely available in Alberta Canada. Sigh

[@singalongwrudy8690]

I like Dungeoness and Dragons

[@ItsMeScareCro]

So "mUh cLiMaTe cHaNgE" brought in a good season sounds like... Cool video.

[@abrasionequation4632]

Yep, gotta propagate the narrative

[@ballistic350]

Without Alaskan snow crabs .. def prices are higher now probably $15+ a lbs yeah that Singapore chillie crab dish is the way to go .

[@maxsdad538]

"$90 million at the dock..." That's a fraction of Oregon's meth industry.

[@atomicwedgie8176]

I HATE meth, but I love the smell... SNORT!

[@philfoster4298]

Meth isn’t as regulated as crabbing is in Oregon now.

[@angeliquebelluomini7797]

@@philfoster4298 you make a valid point.

[@katherinezp]

Only ginger and green onions little bit wine made it taste great

[@Rawstock92]

Skipped Newport altogether?

[@matthewtripp6840]

I wished I cold se Oregon

[@charlesmears4595]

How sustainable is the catch though? We just saw what happened in Alaska when you overfish a species.

[@scrane5500]

My dad used to love crab til he learned about all the heavy metals, micro-plastics and PCBs.

[@daleharvey3278]

Growing up in Humboldt County,I ate dungeness crab..king crab ok...snow crab isn't worth the time to pick..no flavor...after 1964 flood,there were cows drowned...thrown off Centerville bluff...had record Crab season for two yrs.

[@onenikkione]

I always order mine as takeout from The Krabby Patty

[@Zetler]

Every day is my worst crab season. I’m from CA.

[@averyhuelsbeck3116]

My condolences

[@berniebass3575]

Ya free money 💰

[@edcastillo4456]

Wait...she said the fishermen caught twice as many than normal, and getting twice the price? In normal supply and demand, more supply should result it in a lower price.

[@aurozappa305]

They should bring in a seal clubbing event also

[@mr.d8214]

Remember the TAKI TOO.

[@chapsteronetime2000]

This is a relief because king crab is $400 for 10lbs now at Costco!! Was just $199 last year or summer 2021!! I’m from Seattle area no longer there but still love the seafood and dungees are sweet and tasty!

[@skeetermcswagger0U812]

Well just about everything cost 4 times as much now so I wouldn't rely on the price of crab dropping all that much just because they had a better season.

[@chapsteronetime2000]

@@skeetermcswagger0U812 the bearing was closed this year that’s why king is so darn expensive, no idea on dungees and there prices? don’t buy it honestly never have only caught it out of port Susan-kayak point. I was hoping that this would help lower prices around the board possibly? But that’s what I was referring to was strictly king crab. The 10lb boxes that are available at Costco say product from Russia now!!

[@TamTran-hy8dj]

Where is In Orange county 5.99 a pounnd

[@dannorton915]

Job looks easy

[@israelorozsco6146]

Are you guys tasting the taste of fresh marlin it's a fish of deep waters 0n the coast down south. I went to Ensenada couple.years ego. And there is not taste in fish like this is unique dish well meahile.l be eating this tasting crab

[@MrAcuta73]

Cancer Magister....the actual King of crabs. I have had the opportunity to eat a lot of crab from a lot of places around the world. Dungeness is the best, hands-down, of what I have eaten. There might be a better crab out there yet, but I am starting to doubt that. Fatty, sweet, meaty, and rich...cold water shellfish just can't be beat. This is not to say other crab aren't good, they are, just not AS good. LOL

[@dgeistlinger]

I agree.

[@cowboy6591]

Chili crab? No thanks, I want to taste the crab not the spice. Gimmie Steamed crab with melted butter on the side any day.

[@DSKSeattle]

I was with you until you said butter. Now you’re just tasting butter.

[@mr.d8214]

Any day? EVERY DAY.

[@maxsteel6092]

Fisheries is overestimating Crab population for economics and the fishery is doomed if quotas are not reduced

[@SuperJay12jay]

Weird they caught twice the amount and prices were doubled they got. Something fishy.

[@brendaeaves1079]

I Like “Deviled Crabs” But That’s As Far As It Goes😊

[@neilsunn]

Female and undersized crab are returned shortly after the catch.

[@QuangTran27]

Yet in California supermarket would charged you $25 up to $40 for around two crabs

[@luiswankerman5375]

Yeah, man, alot of work and risk go into catching them. What do you expect? $1.99?

[@QuangTran27]

lol simply just go to the pier and catch some or if you got a license, go buy a kayak and go crabbing further out. Save yourself so much money.

[@luiswankerman5375]

@@QuangTran27 Haha, good point. I'll spend 8 hours maybe catching 1 crab to save $25. You're full of good ideas.

[@QuangTran27]

@@luiswankerman5375 you obviously never crabbed then or probably will never enjoyed dong it. Nice try though. Enjoy your overpriced crab buddy!

[@luiswankerman5375]

@@QuangTran27 yeah, man, I never crabbed and I never will. Lol. I like eating them not catching. I also like steak, am I supposed to raise cattle to enjoy beef, too?

[@Stroopwaffe1]

Dungeness crab come from dungeness?

[@gearzpop8457]

Thats ABC!

[@wasd____]

HIT IT IN ITS WEAK POINT FOR MASSIVE DAMAGE ...Sorry.

[@rrmerlin3402]

Crab, Crab, Crab never put the S on the end of Crab......Crabs are very small critters on sensitive parts of our body's

[@Mozzer482]

The fireball in the sky is in charge of our climate ☀️

[@bobfish3176]

"fisherfolk"? Give me a woke break!

[@alexanderx33]

Meanwhile they are the bain of recreational crabbers existence. Basically within 2 weeks of the commercial season opener theres no longer any point in going out for recreational.

[@johnrose7212]

I agree commercial crabbing takes everything, destroying oregon

[@daveklein2826]

John, stop being so melodramatic. Because professional fishermen who employ people take their share does not mean they are destroying Oregon . work harder princess

[@johnrose7212]

@@daveklein2826 Sorry i cant catch anything because of the commercial guys

[@johnrose7212]

@@daveklein2826 maybe we can wipe out the crab population. just like the Salmon

[@maxsdad538]

@@johnrose7212 If you didn't catch anything, it's because you suck at crabbing, Princess.

[@donaldrandolphneely9823]

What Y'all Doing?

[@redsammy7789]

So I guess climate change took a year off in 2022 ?

[@raygarcia403]

Yea it was busy lately 😂

[@_ac_7649]

be careful with the lil crabbies. Don't kill all of them

[@jpallen719]

How long like anything can you expect to pull 17 million pounds every year and not eventually deplete the stocks for good?

[@mikejordan6036]

What did the Asian Lady say?? Really ........ Good?

[@TheFrogfeeder]

I always find it odd that scientists and researchers and govt officials, and in this case even fishermen, expect nature to be governed by the man-made construct of time and never deviate from what was set in years past… people act like the earth is not dynamic and ever-changing, and nowadays some folks blame nonconformity in nature on climate change, which is a perfectly natural phenomenon on a planet like earth…

[@chrisfetner332]

Best year 2021 yet we are in the middle of global warming? Sound contradictory?

[@dennissaunders5247]

Man do I love LINCOLN CITY AND NEWPORT.

[@mr.d8214]

Pacific City for me.

[@papagen00]

i prefer king crab myself.

[@MellowStello]

As a lifelong fan of Snow Crab.... I was very off-put by the taste of Dungeness Crab, and the lack of any substantial meat. Kind of reminded me of Blue Crab... Not a fan! But if you can market it, more power to you😂👌

[@vegeta420z]

I'll bet your boyfriend, is gonna make you into his husband soon. Your a lucky man

[@MellowStello]

@@vegeta420z hahaha I'm sorry bro, but I don't like Dungeness crab😂 Snow Crab all day! I do love DBZ though.

[@johnrose7212]

wish they would limit or cut commercial crabbing, they have virtually destroyed the crabbing for normal folks....and if people want crab go get it yourself...

[@rollinstoned5472]

Yea the sports only get I don't know close to a month or more of crabbing all to them selves to harvest crab before commercial gear is set, not to mention if you actually know where crab live there's quite a bit of crab grounds along the coast that's far too dangerous for commercial boats to fish because commercial boats draft much more water then a sport boat your comment it completely false

[@johnrose7212]

@@rollinstoned5472 Try Crabbing after the commercial guys are done, they have it down to a science

[@rollinstoned5472]

Lol I do I commercial crab fish a small boat and once the big guys are gone I shuffle and move my gear and the catching continues its not as good as when the season first started but you still profit I just wish I fit in all the nooks my sport buddies fish cause there pots are loaded all summer long, learn your grounds and quit your bitching