Talk:Dungeness crab

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I deleted "Dungeness crabs average 25% edible meat" because it's unclear. Does it mean:

- If you take all the meat out, 25% of it is edible? I don't think that's right. - If you take all the meat out, it weighs 25% of the weight of meat+shells? Maybe - If you take all the meat out, it'll take up 25% of the space that meat+shells would? Maybe.

Citing a source here would help. Travisl 16:52, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

The percent of meat recovery in the Dungeness Crab is based on total overall weight of each individual crab. For example a two pound crab would have about 1/2 pound of meat at 25% recovery. ( User:Jeff, Commercial Fisherman, Oregon Coast) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 4.242.69.3 (talk • contribs).

So it would be correct to say "One quarter of a typical dungeness crab's weight is edible meat"? Travisl 14:16, 19 March 2007 (UTC)