With the 2011 Alaska Red King Crab over, restaurants will soon realize that a shortage of supply for 2012 will take place. Everything we have heard is that approximately 80% of this year’s catch has or is being exported to Japan. Based on a 7,843,000 pound quota, a 64% recovery from live weight to frozen cooked clusters, which translates to about 5,000,000 pounds, less the 80% going to Japan, that leaves a balance for the domestic market and other export markets at a measly 1,000,000 pounds.

We have finished our purchases for the year and will “as always” have inventory to hopefully last us until next year. We are beginning to sense that the “shock” of high prices are starting to stabilize and buyers are now beginning to realize that there normal supplier may be short.

We can ship small quantities on a daily basis via FedEx and also larger quantities by truck. If you want to insure that you’ll be able to serve Alaska Red King Crab give us a call and will supply you with up to the minute pricing and availability.