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Blue
Swimmer Crab (Portunus pelagicus) Photographs
and Information
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Other common names include sand crab, blue manna crab, blue crab,
swimming crab and
sandy crab.
Blue Swimmer Crabs are swimming crabs and they have their last pair of
legs modified as swimming paddles. Their carapace is rough in texture. It is
very broad and has a prominent projection on each side. The crabs claws are long and
slender. Blue Swimmer Crabs vary in colour from brown through blue to purple with
pale mottling.
Blue Swimmer Crabs are widely distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific
region from east Africa to Japan, Tahiti and northern New Zealand. They are also
present in the Mediterranean Sea. In Australia, Blue Swimmer Crabs inhabit coastal
waters from the south coast of New South Wales, up and around to Perth in Western
Australia.
They live in a wide range of inshore and continental shelf areas,
including sandy, muddy or algal and seagrass habitats from the intertidal zone to at least
50 metres in depth. They move to deeper water as they age and in response to changes
in water temperature and inshore salinity.
Blue Swimmer crabs are active swimmers, but when they are inactive they
usually bury themselves in the bottom sediment, leaving only their eyes, antennae and gill
chamber opening exposed.
Blue Swimmer Crabs form breeding pairs and mating takes place during the
late summer (January to March) moult of the females. Mature males moult some weeks
before the maturing females and each carries a female clasped beneath him for 4 to 10 days
before she moults. Mating occurs immediately after the female has moulted and when
her shell is still soft.
Female crabs spawn up to 2 million eggs per batch. Blue Swimmer
crab
eggs and larvae are planktonic. The eggs hatch after about 15 days at 24°C water
temperature. During the larval stage, the crabs may drift as far as 80 kilometres
out to sea before returning to inshore waters to settle.
Inshore areas of southern Queensland account for approximately half of the
commercial catch in Australia. Other important commercial catch areas are the New
South Wales coast, Spencer Gulf in South Australia, Cockburn Sound near Fremantle and the
Swan-Avon River near Perth in Western Australia. Blue Swimmer Crabs form a significant
part of the bycatch of many prawn trawlers.
Most of the catch is marketed in Australia, although there is a small
export market.
There has been successful attempts at culturing Blue Swimmer Crabs in
Australia. The species is cultured in Japan and other Asian countries.
Minimum size applies in all states. Females in berry (with eggs) are
protected in New South Wales and all females are protected in Queensland and Western
Australia.
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| Scientific Name |
Portunus pelagicus |
| Location |
Australia wide |
| Season |
Available all year |
| Size |
500g |
| Australian Species Code |
00 702003 |
| Taste, Texture |
Delicate, fishy taste. Fine texture. |
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Nutritional Information
For every 100 grams raw product
for Blue Swimmer Crab meat. |
| Kilojoules |
na |
| Cholesterol |
58 mg |
| Sodium |
na |
| Total fat
(oil) |
0.9 g |
| Saturated
fat |
22% of total
fat |
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Monounsaturated fat |
20% of total
fat |
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Polyunsaturated fat |
57% of total
fat |
| Omega-3, EPA |
137 mg |
| Omega-3, DHA |
90 mg |
| Omega-6, AA |
86 mg |
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Male and female crab identification:


Crab Photos:
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Fishing for Blue Swimmer Crab:
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Cooking
Blue Swimmer Crab:
Cooking Tips:
For live crabs allow 10 minutes per 500g to cook. Steam or boil
in salted water.
Recipes using Crab and Crabmeat from How To Cook Fish
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Commercial Fishing for
Blue Swimmer Crab:
Inshore areas of southern Queensland account for approximately half of the
commercial catch in Australia. Other important commercial catch areas are the New
South Wales coast, Spencer Gulf in South Australia, Cockburn Sound near Fremantle and the
Swan-Avon River near Perth in Western Australia. Blue Swimmer Crabs form a significant
part of the bycatch of many prawn trawlers.
Most of the catch is marketed in Australia, although there is a small
export market.
There has been successful attempts at culturing Blue Swimmer Crabs in
Australia. The species is cultured in Japan and other Asian countries.
Pasteurized Crabmeat from Toba Surimi Industries
Indonesia
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Crabmeat from PT Makmur Hasil Bahari
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