L'araignée de mer, Maia Squinado L. sur le littoral de Bretagne

A traditional activity on the Breton coast, spider crab fishing has grown more important over the past few years, not due to an increase of the number of catches but to a significant decrease in the number of lobsters and crayfishes brought to the market, following the closing of some fishing areas (Anglo-Norman Isles, Ireland, England) and the exhaustion of others.