How To Measure & Confirm The Size of Your Maryland Blue Crabs

If you've been craving quality crabs, you made the choice to rely on the expertise of the professionals at CrabPlace.com. Here is our helpful guide for how to measure & confirm the size of your Maryland blue crabs chosen from our hard crab selection.

Measure The Size of Your Maryland Blue Crabs

CrabPlace.com hard crabs are measured from shell-point to shell-point.

1. Locate the loose crab ruler or use the ruler that's printed on the included crab paper.

2. Identify the sex of the crab (male or female) and use the appropriate guide on the ruler by matching the sex of the crab to its matching guide.

3.  Line up the left end point of the crab to the left end of the ruler. 

4. The crabs length determines the grade of the crab. The length can be found labeled above the right-end point of the crab.

Confirm Your Maryland Blue Crab Size:

Male Sizes Offered

Standard: Our Standard male hard crabs measure 5" to 5½".

Select: Our Select male hard crabs measure 5½" to 6".

Premium: Our Premium male hard crabs measure 6" to 6¾".

Colossal: Our Colossal male hard crabs measure 6¾" and up.

Female Sizes Offered:

Regular: Our Regular female crabs measure 5" to 6".

Large: Our Large female crabs measure 6" and up.