Congress Directs FDA to Formally Change Brown King Crab to Golden King Crab in Budget Bill
SEAFOODNEWS.COM by John Sackton May 3, 2017
With Budget bills practically the only thing being passed in Congress these days, it was an opportune time to fix the problem with Golden King Crab.
This crab, called Brown crab in the past, has been marketed as Golden King crab for many years by ASMI and the Alaskan crab producers.
It is an extremely stable fishery with a harvest of around 6 million pounds a year. The Latin name is Lithodes aequispinus, and it is very similar to red king crab except it has more spines and has slightly less..
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