The Dungeness crab (Cancer magister) is a popular shellfish that primarily inhabits bays, estuaries, and the near shore coast of Alaska, Washington and Oregon. The Dungeness crab is named after one of its representative habitats a shallow, sandy bay inside of Dungeness Spit on the south shore of the Straits of Juan de Fuca.  It is widely distributed, however, and can be found as far north as Cook Inlet and Prince William Sound and south to Magdalena Bay, Mexico. This crab supports both a commercial fishery and a personal use fishery in Alaska. Dungeness crabs are related to shrimp, lobster, and other crabs.

The Dungeness crab has a broad, oval body covered by a hard chitinous shell. It has four pairs of walking legs and a pair of claws. This species can be distinguished from other commercially important crabs (king and Tanner crabs) because its legs are much smaller and shorter in relation to its body size and it has no spines on the topside of its shell.  The crab has a flavor of its own, with such a remarkable taste that many people prefer Dungeness crab to other types of crab.

Dungeness Development Associates, Inc. produces fresh and frozen whole-cooked crab packed in 25 and 50 lb boxes, fresh and frozen crab sections (25 lb boxes), crab clusters (25 lb boxes), and crab meet (5 lb plastic containers).