Species in this category
Each page carries the full commercial specification.
Commercial forms across this category
Which of these we can offer differs by species and by lot — every species page states our role for each form.
Commercial forms
- Whole round · WR
- Cluster / section · CLST
- Shell-on · SO
- Peeled · PND
- Value added · VA
Conditions
- Live
- Frozen
- Cooked
- Brine frozen
- Frozen at sea (FAS)
- IQF
Before you order
Procurement considerations
Meat fill is the specification
Two clusters of identical weight can yield very different amounts of meat. Specify a minimum fill and how it will be assessed.
Price against net of glaze
Glaze is water and it is weighed. Agree the percentage, the weight basis and the verification method in writing.
Relevant buyer guides
Procurement
Net weight and gross weight in frozen seafood
Why two offers for the same product can differ by a fifth on weight alone, and how to write a weight basis that makes them comparable.
Quality
How to specify seafood glazing
What glaze is for, what percentage is reasonable, and the four clauses that keep a glaze agreement enforceable.
Grading
How snow crab clusters are graded
What an ounce grade does and does not tell you, and the five fields that determine the value of a snow crab shipment.
Grading
Understanding crab meat fill
Why two identical-weight clusters yield different amounts of meat, how the moult cycle drives it, and how to make fill an enforceable term.
Other categories
Procurement
Send us your specification
Tell us the species, form, size, packing, quantity and destination. The more detail you provide, the closer the first reply can be to a commercially usable quote.