king crab legs

[Crunchy]

Is there another source other than Costco to buy King crab legs?  My mother loves them and I thought I would try to bunch her some. I have a friend that lives in Alaska that I might reach out to and see if buying and shipping them from there is a better option.

[Woodchuck]

I see them at Safeway over here fairly regularly. 

[JimmyHoffa]

Are they available this year?  The guys I know that fish for them said they're all doing tanner crab since king got shutdown. For kings, have to get the ones from Norway. Just what I was told.

[Crunchy]

I don't even know if they are available.  Just know my mother loves them so I thought to surprise her with some if I can find them.

[Skillet]

The US fleet got shut down for Red King crab this year, but they put up a decent Golden (brown) King crab pack.  Tanner and bairdai got cut back 85%.

If you buy king crab this year, please buy the American Golden King.  All Red King on the market this year is Russian.  Since the US shut down it's fleet, the Russians increased their quota (effectively fishing the same crab biomass) and are dumping red crab on our markets.  Russia's moves are pretty devastating on our fleet, and the resource.

Thank you-

[trophyhunt]

About 3 weeks ago BnE meats in desmoines had king crab legs for $89 a pound!! At that price I’ll never eat king crab again and I hope they rot before the sell! Sorry skillet but if Russia sells them for $20 a pound, sold.

[Skillet]

Whatever works for you. It's kinda like buying elk jerky, as long as it's cheap enough.

[Buckmark]

Dang it, when saw king crab and skillets name my wallet was about to get lighter  , but i am safe for now 
When i was a kid we lived on Adak for a few years, some of the fleets would dock there and you could buy whole king crabs for $5.00 ea, some people did not know how to cook them so they would do it in the dishwasher 
Housing had to send out a letter telling people to not do that 

[trophyhunt]

Whatever works for you. It's kinda like buying elk jerky, as long as it's cheap enough.

damn, you had to go there!!  Got me!! Ok, I won’t buy Russian crab, but at these prices, I ain’t buying any crab!!

[Stein]

Plenty of dungies on the bottom of the sound in a couple months, all you have to do is go get them.  OK, maybe not plenty, but enough.

[Skillet]

Whatever works for you. It's kinda like buying elk jerky, as long as it's cheap enough.

damn, you had to go there!!  Got me!! Ok, I won’t buy Russian crab, but at these prices, I ain’t buying any crab!!

  All good.  Even though the red crab aren't USA product, they're still priced in the stratosphere. 

[GWP]

Get to know someone that works at the airlines.
We had a guy buy a crate of lobster off the docks in Boston in the morning, put it on a flight in the cargo hold, and we pulled them off in Seattle in the afternoon.

[jackelope]

Whatever works for you. It's kinda like buying elk jerky, as long as it's cheap enough.

damn, you had to go there!!  Got me!! Ok, I won’t buy Russian crab, but at these prices, I ain’t buying any crab!!

That was very well played, Skillet.

[trophyhunt]

Get to know someone that works at the airlines.
We had a guy buy a crate of lobster off the docks in Boston in the morning, put it on a flight in the cargo hold, and we pulled them off in Seattle in the afternoon.

funny you say that, we have some friends that have a friend that work at the airport. He gets some awesome king crab, but I think it’s the cost of doing business.

[NOCK NOCK]

Whatever works for you. It's kinda like buying elk jerky, as long as it's cheap enough.

damn, you had to go there!!  Got me!! Ok, I won’t buy Russian crab, but at these prices, I ain’t buying any crab!!

That was very well played, Skillet.

   Made me giggle.   AND very well handled by both.