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Prawns |
Diving Scallops |
Crab Meat & Crab Claws |
Monkfish |
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| Prawns (Nephrops norvegicus) |
Size: 0/5, 5/10, 10/15, 15/20, 20/30, 30/40 and 40/+ (pieces per kilo)
Packaging: Polystyrene box by 3Kg or 5Kg with ice
Description: Also known as scampi, Dublin Bay Prawn, or Langoustine. It is an orange-pink shellfish, which looks like a small, slim, lobster with a pair of long claws. It is found in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. |
| Diving scallops (Pecten maximus) |
Size: Medium and large
Packaging: Boxes of 2Kg (wooden or plastic) Dry
Description: Scallops are small bivalves that grow in shells, much the way oysters and clams do. They swim through deep waters by clapping the two sides of their shells together, using a large muscle called the abductor. Scallops are shucked and often frozen at sea. The edible abductor muscle, or eye, has a flattened disk shape, with a pale creamy colour and a delicate taste.
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| Crab meat and crab claws (Cancer pagurus) |
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Packaging: Meat: Vacuum packed bag by 0.500Kg
Claw: Vacuum packed bag or polystyrene boxes by 3, 5 or 10Kg
Description: This spices of crab is easily identified by its large black-tipped toothed pincers and characteristic ‘pie-crust’ edging. It is the largest crab in Britain, and the heavy oval-shaped body is reddish-brown in colour. It is common around the coastline of Britain.Found in pools and gullies on course, rocky substrata and on muddy sand offshore to depths of 100. It is the most commercially important species of crab in western |
| Monkfish (Lophius piscatorius) |
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Size: 300/500, 500/1, 1/2 , 2/4 and 4+
Packaging: Polystyrene box by 6Kg. Whole, fillet, tails and cheeks
Description: The monkfish is a unique fish. It is also known as anglerfish, fishing frog, lawyerfish, bellyfish, and goosefish. The monkfish has a peculiar head that is covered with spiny protruberances and a pair of antennae that have lures of fake algae to lure fish to it for consumption. Monkfish lie on the ocean floor and wait for smaller fish to approach its special lure before it attacks. They grow to lengths of 1.5 m (5 ft) and weigh 20 kg (45 lbs). Harvested monkfish are usually smaller. |
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