from the WRN file:
Saturday, May 8 2004: Radio Australia
Soft shell crabs are considered to be one of the world's greatest seafood delicacies. Cooked, the fresh shells are paper-thin, and slightly crunchy, like a potato crisp. Until now, commercially harvesting soft-shell crabs has been possible only with round-the-clock surveillance by dozens of crab watchers to find that short period when crabs shed their old, hard shells and before the new coat starts to harden. On "Innovations" you hear of an aquaculture specialist in Brisbane, Qld, who has developed an innovative robotic system that detects when a crab has moulted and will then mechanically harvest it.
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And what is the availability and price of Chesapeake Bay blue crabs these days?
Posted by raacluse at May 7, 2004 11:46 PMThanks
Posted by: John Huron at November 3, 2004 03:55 PM