How to Use snow crab in a Sentence

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  • On the brighter side, the snow crab stock has been on a steady upward tick.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 15 Sep. 2020
  • There have been some shortages of snow crab legs in recent weeks.
    — Dennis Pillion | [email protected], al, 29 Apr. 2021
  • Crab is expensive, and king crab costs more than snow crab or blue crab.
    — Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 9 July 2022
  • If snow crab claws require some work to tackle, at least their yield is sweet.
    — Tom Sietsema, chicagotribune.com, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Cajun seafood dishes such as snow crab or shrimp platters and more.
    — Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 3 May 2021
  • For the first time, the winter snow crab season has been scuttled.
    — Hal Bernton, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Last year’s snow crab harvest was the smallest in over 40 years.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2022
  • What happened to the snow crabs is but a hint of the wild population swings to come.
    — WIRED, 8 Nov. 2023
  • And while more snow crab will be available this year, buyers expect a tight supply.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Dishes include lobster mac and cheese, gulf shrimp, snow crab and brownie bites.
    — Hannah Ortega, Austin American-Statesman, 4 May 2024
  • Crab mac includes lump crab meat, tomatoes, baby spinach, and cheese sauce, garnished with snow crab claws.
    — Caroline Szachnowski, BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2018
  • The uber-buttery snow crab nigiri might just be perfection in a single bite.
    — Nathanael Gassett, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 May 2026
  • That year was the first the US snow crab fishery was closed in Alaska.
    — Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Ten billion snow crabs have disappeared from the Bering Sea.
    — Michael Robbins, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The snow crab and king crab seasons are canceled this year, Alaskan officials say.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 8 Nov. 2022
  • The same flavorings can be had on Texas blue crab, jumbo shrimp or snow crab leg clusters.
    — Greg Morago, Houston Chronicle, 7 Feb. 2018
  • Middleneck clams, whole Maine lobster, and snow crab legs are also great starters.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2025
  • King crab legs are actually shorter than the snow crab’s, and are thicker with a spiky, tough-to-crack shell.
    — Mary Tomlinson, Southern Living, 2 July 2020
  • For the first time, the snow crab fishing season was shut down due to a near collapse of the crab population.
    — Danielle Hall, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Frequently Asked Questions Is there more meat on snow crabs or king crabs?
    — Coastal Living, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Other top catches are shrimp and snow crab, which including legs can reach more than a meter (3 feet) in length.
    — ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Or get stuck into the renowned food scene, with record-breaking snow crab and $185 steak sandwiches.
    — CNN, 16 Apr. 2021
  • The beers add a dimension to an eclectic menu that includes seafood, pizzas, steamed shrimp and snow crab legs, burgers and more.
    — al.com, 7 July 2019
  • As the sea bottom warmed, snow crab also appear to have moved much farther to the northwest and in deeper waters than in years past.
    — Hal Bernton, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Oct. 2021
  • While snow crab isn’t the centerpiece of Cajun cuisine, some restaurants sell thousands of pounds of the crab per month.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 28 Nov. 2022
  • The purchase comes with 3% of the Bering Sea snow crab and red king crab quota, along with seven crab vessels.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 12 Jan. 2021
  • The number of young male snow crab recruits, however, was the highest since 1995.
    — Laine Welch, Alaska Dispatch News, 23 Sep. 2017
  • Seafood at Cherryfish includes sablefish, snow crab, spiny lobster, tuna and more.
    — Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2025
  • The federal scientists who track Bering Sea harvests say there’s no way the trawl fleet could have caused the epic crash in snow crab.
    — Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Bering Sea crabbers are still out on the grounds, pulling up 34 million pounds of snow crab, a 24 percent increase.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 21 Jan. 2020

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