Christophe Courteau / Edible crab in tide pool split level {Cancer pagurus} Brittany France

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Edible crab (Cancer pagurus), St Abbs (St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve), Berwickshire, Scotland, UK, August 2011. Did you know? A large female Edible crab can carry up to 20 million eggs...

Toby Roxburgh / Cooked edible crab (Cancer pagurus) being lifted from a pot of boiling water, England, UK, 2009.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) portrait, Saltstraumen, Bod, Norway, October 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) close-up of face, Saltstraumen, Bod, Norway, October 2008 Wild Wonders kids book.

Georgette Douwma / Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) in kelp, St. Abbs, North Sea, Atlantic Ocean.

Nick Upton / Young Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) and a Rock goby (Gobius paganellus) side by side in a rock pool, looking towards the camera, The Gower, Wales, UK, August.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Horse mussel bed (Modiolus modiolus) with Brittle stars (Ophiothrix fragilis),Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) and Northern sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis) Sheltand Islands, Scotland, UK, S...

Nick Upton / Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) from Atlantic Ocean. Cornwall, England, UK. September.

Alex Mustard / Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) feeding on a bivalve on a chalk reef. Sherringham, north Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. North Sea

Alex Mustard / Portrait of an Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) on a chalk reef. Sherringham, north Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. North Sea

Alex Mustard / Pair of Edible crabs (Cancer pagurus) shelter in the structure of the Wreck of the Rosalie, which is encrusted with Plumose anemones (Metridium senile). Weybourne, north Norfolk, England, United Kingd...

Sue Daly / Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) on deep water coral reef (Lophelia pertusa) Trondheimsfjord, Norway, July.

Nick Upton / Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) in a rockpool, leaves frame, Cornwall, England, UK, September.

Sue Daly / Close-up of an Edible crab (Cancer pagurus), Sark, British Channel Islands, UK, August.

Sue Daly / Edible crab (Cancer pagurus), Sark, British Channel Islands, UK, August.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) semi buried in the seabed amongst boulders with sea urchins and sunfish in background, South Arran Marine Protected Area, Isle of Arran, Scotland, UK, August.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) sitting between hydroids (Nemertesia ramosa) and Plumose anemone (Metridium senile) with fish swimming in plankton bloom in background, South Arran Marine Protected Area,...

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.

Andy Jackson / 2020VISION / Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) walking up a vertical wall covered by a colony of Baked-bean ascidians (Dendrodoa grossularia), Noup Head, Westray, Orkney, Scotland, UK, June.

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...

Solvin Zankl / Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) portrait, Atlantic Ocean, North West Norway

Alex Hyde / Edible Crab (Cancer pagurus) against white background. From the Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK.

Nick Upton / Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) well camouflaged among holdfasts of Tangleweed kelp (Laminaria digitata), partially exposed on a low spring tide, North Berwick, East Lothian, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) well camouflaged among holdfasts of Tangle kelp (Laminaria digitata), exposed on a low spring tide, North Berwick, East Lothian, UK, July.

Toby Roxburgh / 2020VISION / Fisherman measuring a caught Edible crab (Cancer pagarus) to check it meets minimum size requirements for landing, Cornwall, England, UK, April 2011

Toby Roxburgh / 2020VISION / Fisherman measuring a caught Edible crab (Cancer pagarus) to check it meets minimum size requirements for landing, Cornwall, England, UK, April 2011. 2020VISION Book Plate.

Toby Roxburgh / 2020VISION / Fisherman measuring a caught Edible crab (Cancer pagarus) to check it meets minimum size requirements for landing, Cornwall, England, UK, April 2011

Toby Roxburgh / 2020VISION / Fisherman with a full basket of Edible crabs (Cancer pagurus) and Spiny spider crabs (Maja squinado), caught using pots, with an old tin mine on cliffs in the background, Trewavas Head, Cornwall, Engl...

Toby Roxburgh / 2020VISION / Basket of Edible crabs (Cancer pagurus) and Spiny spider crabs (Maja squinado), caught using pots, Cornwall, England, UK, April 2011

Toby Roxburgh / 2020VISION / Fisherman heading back to port with a full basket of Edible crabs (Cancer pagurus) and Spiny spider crabs (Maja squinado), caught using pots from 'Rhiannon', a crabber based in Porthleven, Cornwall, E...

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) on seabed of sealoch, with anemones in the background, Loch Fyne, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK, June

Ernie Janes / Catch of Edible crabs (Cancer pagurus) from Cromer, Norfolk, UK

Sue Daly / Juvenile Edible Crab (Cancer pagurus). Channel Islands, UK, April.

Alex Hyde / Edible crabs (Cancer pagurus) freshly caught. Ulva, Isle of Mull, Scotland. June 2010.

Alex Hyde / Edible crabs (Cancer pagurus) freshly caught. Ulva, Isle of Mull, Scotland. June 2010.

Sue Daly / Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) underwater, looking up, Channel Isles, UK, June

Toby Roxburgh / Close-up of Edible crabs (Cancer pagurus) in a polystyrene box for delivery to a restaurant, England, UK, 2009.

Robert Thompson / Edible crab {Cancer pagurus} on shore, Strangford Lough, County Down, Northern Ireland, August

Robert Thompson / Edible crab {Cancer pagurus} on shore, Strangford Lough, County Down, Northern Ireland, August

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) climbing on a deep water Coral (Lophelia pertusa) near Fan coral (Paramuricea placomus) Trondheimsfjorden, Norway, February 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) with starfish and vegetation in claw, Saltstraumen, Bodö, Norway, October 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) portrait, Saltstraumen, Bodö, Norway, October 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) close-up of face, Saltstraumen, Bodö, Norway, October 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) on rock, Saltstraumen, Bodö, Norway, October 2008

Eric Baccega / Man holding an Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) after crab fishing in Guernsey, Channel Islands. May 2009.

Sue Daly / Edible crab {Cancer pagurus} Channel islands, UK

Sue Daly / Close up of Edible Crab (Cancer pagurus), Jersey, Channel Islands, UK

Florian Graner / Edible Crab (Cancer pagurus) on sea-floor with mollusc, Norway

Florian Graner / Edible Crab (Cancer pagurus) on sea-floor, Norway

Adrian Davies / Edible crab underwater {Cancer pagurus} England, UK, captive

Graham Eaton / Edible Crab (Cancer pagurus) Wales, UK 2007

Graham Eaton / Edible Crab (Cancer pagurus) Wales, UK 2007

Peter Scoones / Edible crab in soft corals. (Cancer pagurus) North Atlantic

Juergen Freund / Edible crabs in bucket {Cancer pagurus} Florida, USA

Solvin Zankl / European edible crab (Cancer pagurus), underwater, Mull, Scotland

Ingo Arndt / Edible Crab (Cancer pagurus) ten centimeters wide, Helgoland, Germany

Jane Burton / Edible crab {Cancer pagurus} sloughing. Captive, UK.

Jane Burton / Edible crab {Cancer pagurus} sloughing. Captive, UK.

Dan Burton / Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) in rock crevace. Skye, Scotland, UK, Europe

Alan James / Edible crab off Devon, UK

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.

Nick Upton / Elegant anemone (Sagartia elegans) with its foraging tentacles out in a rock pool low on the shore, The Gower, Wales, UK, August.

Nick Upton / Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) juvenile digging itself in deeper among empty Mussel shells on the floor of a rock pool, Wales, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) juvenile on the move in a rock pool, The Gower, Wales, UK, July.

Alex Mustard / Brown crab / Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) shelters in colourful corals -Dead man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum). Farne Islands, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom. North Sea

Alex Mustard / Brown crab (Cancer pagurus) nestled amongst soft corals, Dead man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum), beneath cuvie kelp forest (Laminaria hyperborea). St Abbs, Eyemouth, Berwickshire, Scotland, Unit...

Alex Mustard / Edible crabs / brown crab (Cancer pagurus) shelter in the structure of the Wreck of the Rosalie This is probably a larger male guarding a female prior to mating. This species, in this region is known...

Alex Mustard / Edible crabs (Cancer pagurus) shelter in the structure of the Wreck of the Rosalie This is probaby a larger male guarding a female prior to mating. This species, in this region is known as a Cromer Cr...

Nick Upton / Juvenile Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) among Common mussels (Mytilus edulis) in a rock pool with a Rock goby (Gobius paganellus) in the background, Gower Peninsula, Glamorgan, Wales, UK, August.