I would just think Bobby would be super careful about everything these days, but like you said, no way he can measure every crab coming in. That is up to the guys on the boat. Right?
Yep. The various boats come in and report their catch as they offload. Catch counts are simply by grade and bushel and those bushels head straight to the walk-in refrigerator. They leave from same refrigerator on to the delivery truck each day. Some bushels also show up via truck from other locations and are handled the same way.
Whoever introduced those smalls in to the "system" is definitely going to pay a price for doing that. Some of those guys are barely getting by, and that's painful to see, but that is never an excuse to screw your buyer.