SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) digging in maerl bed, South Arran Marine Protected Area, Isle of Arran, Scotland, UK, August.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Fisherman aboard boat holding Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) caught in lobster pot / creel, Lamlash Bay, South Arran Marine Protected Area, Isle of Arran, Scotland, UK, August 2016.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Catch of Edible crabs (Cancer pagurus) in plastic basket, Lamlash Bay, South Arran Marine Protected Area, Isle of Arran, Scotland, UK, August 2016.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Horse mussel (Modiolus modiolus) bed with Brittlestars (Ophiothrix fragilis) and Edible crab (Cancer pagurus), Shetland, Scotland, UK, September.

Jeff Rotman / Bycatch of American lobster (Homarus americanus), Brown Crab (Cancer pagurus), Little Skate (Leucoraja erinacea), Yellowtail Flounder (Limanda ferruginea) and Northern Sea Star (Asterias rubens) on de...

Alex Mustard / Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) marching across the seabed at night, Falmouth, Cornwall, England, UK, Atlantic Ocean.

Franco Banfi / Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) resting on a rock, Trondheimfjord, Norway, North Atlantic Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) foraging on a Maerl (Phymatolithon calcareum) bed, Fal River estuary, Cornwall, UK.

Alex Mustard / Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) in a kelp forest, Loch Carron, Highlands, Scotland, UK.

Alex Mustard / Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) feeding on a Bed of Hedgehog maerl / Pink coralline algae (Lithothamnion glaciale) is colonised by common brittlestars (Ophiothrix fragilis). Tayvallich, Argyll and Bute,...

Alex Mustard / Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) sheltering in white soft corals , Dead man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) beneath kelp (Laminaria hyperborea). St Abbs, Eyemouth, Berwickshire, Scotland, United Kingd...

Alex Mustard / Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) beneath kelp (Laminaria sp.). Lochcarron, Ross-shire, Ross and Cromarty, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom. British Isles. Loch Carron, North East Atlantic Ocean.