Asian Fish Market (AFM) prime soft shell crab is a crab located at the point of scaling. This process is called ‘molding’. There are several sizes of the soft shell crab and in this case it is about the dimensions 70-90 gr. The size of the AFM-prime contains 14 pieces per kilo. As the crab grows, it grows out of z’n jacket and becomes time for a new jacket. The crab creeps out of the armor and is at that stage ‘soft’. This crab will be 18 x for the first 3 years and will be very vulnerable during that period. The Soft Shell Crab is actually 'soft' periodically and is therefore seasonal. The best soft-shell crab comes from the waters of Alaska to Argentina and is better known as the Blue Crab and has a strong resemblance to the Blue swimmer crab, which can also be obtained as a 'soft shell' variant. Once the molting has occurred, the Soft Shell Crab is frozen immediately. Fresh the Soft Shell Crab is not traded.