if crab fishing is so dangerous (think Deadliest Catch) why aren’t there crab farms like we have with fish?

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if crab fishing is so dangerous (think Deadliest Catch) why aren’t there crab farms like we have with fish?

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Answer 1

Not really mentioned is it takes a king crab five years to reach harvesting size. For farmed animals this is a pretty long time. For comparison beef cattle are slaughtered at about 18 months – 2 years.