Shellfish
Snow crab
Chionoecetes opilio
Barents Sea snow crab, cooked and frozen at sea in clusters. A newer Norwegian fishery with growing volume.
Snow crab is harvested with pots in the Barents Sea and processed on board — cooked, brine-frozen and graded into clusters before the vessel returns. That single-handling chain is why the product arrives with better texture than most shore-processed crab.
The North American and Japanese markets set the price, and both grade on cluster size and meat fill. Buyers should specify both; cluster weight alone says nothing about yield.
Season through the year
- January: Peak season
- February: Peak season
- March: Peak season
- April: Available
- May: Available
- June: Available
- July: Out of season
- August: Out of season
- September: Out of season
- October: Available
- November: Available
- December: Available
- Peak season
- Available
- Limited volume
- Out of season
Fished under quota with a seasonal closure to protect moulting.
Where this product trades
Commercial specification
- Scientific name
- Chionoecetes opilio
- Production
- Wild-caught
- Condition
- Frozen
- Size and weight class
- Clusters 3–5, 5–8, 8+ oz. Sold by grade and meat fill.
- Packing
- 9–10 kg cartons, glazed, frozen at sea.
- Minimum volume
- One pallet. Container loads for programme buyers.
- Product forms
- CLST — Clusters / sectionsCrab legs and shoulder
- Shelf life
- 12–18 months at −18 °C or colder.
- Temperature
- −18 °C or colder.
- Certifications available
- BRCGS Food Safety
- EU establishment approval number
- Health certificate
- Catch certificate (IUU)
- Incoterms 2020 normally quoted
- FCA · FOB · CFR · CIF · DAP
Send the specification and we return standardised offers from verified suppliers — same weight basis, same Incoterm, freight and fees separated out.