{"id":2594,"date":"2019-12-17T08:15:36","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T08:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/?post_type=artikler&p=2594"},"modified":"2025-09-01T11:18:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T11:18:07","slug":"king-crabs-are-tasty-monsters-in-norway","status":"publish","type":"artikler","link":"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/artikkel\/king-crabs-are-tasty-monsters-in-norway\/","title":{"rendered":"King Crabs are tasty monsters in Norway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t Out in the fishing, fields to pull in the pots. Suddenly, the deck is covered with huge, ugly crabs. Have your photo taken with a king crab \u2013 and then get ready for a king crab feast! Fantastic!\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n

The king crab is a new arrival in Norway. It actually stems from the northern reaches of the Pacific Ocean, and it was previously known in Norway as the \u201cKamchatka Crab\u201d after the peninsula on the east coast of Siberia. In the 1960s, Soviet biologists started to release these crabs into the Murmansk Fjord. The crab thrived here, and as early as in 1977 the first king crab was caught in Norwegian waters, just west of the border. Since then, the crab population has expanded westwards, and crabs are now to be found off the coast of West Finnmark and Troms. However, the crab colonies are densest from the North Cape and eastwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

King crab fishing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The fishing village of Bug\u00f8ynes in South Varanger has specialised in catching king crabs. The main season is from October to January, when the crab shells contain the most meat. The catch is regulated through an agreement with Russia, although a fair amount of king crab is included as a secondary catch in East Finnmark.<\/p>\n\n\n\t

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