Marcia continues to do well with her taking from the “seas bountiful harvest.” The tally is six keeper crabs (out of 13 pulled up in our traps), 7 large spot prawns in today’s haul from the prawn trap, and two rock fish. Halibut and salmon continue to elude her although she is starting to get nibbles as evidenced by the chunks taken from the herring Marcia is baiting her hook with. She is very good now at getting her herring bait to spin enticingly as they are trolled through the water.
Since crab has been our predominant catch, Marcia is honing her processing skills. The technique she uses is very different than the “flashy” (and messy) method of putting a live crab in a pot of boiling water. It involves a quick kill using a cleaver, cleaning the now split crab and discarding the inedible portions before cooking. This avoids contaminating the meat with any toxins concentrated in the crabs organs.
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