HitraMat AS is located at Hitra Fiskerihavn and is the largest area for hunting crabs in Norway, with great environmental benefits such as clean air and clean sea water. HitraMat AS is located at Hitra Fiskerihavn and is the largest area for hunting crabs in Norway, with great environmental benefits such as clean air and clean sea water. This helps to provide very good conditions for crab and it is this which helps to give Hitra crab a wonderful quality. There is a very short distance from the fishing grounds to production of Kuøya. Hitra is an island in Trønderlag which has a long tradition when it comes to fishing and the production of edible crab. It has since 1930 been run crab and production of crab. In season from June to December, delivering daily crab fishermen of superior quality. In 2012, 3,100 tonnes of edible crab processed at the plant. A plant that was new in 2002 and is Europe's most modern factory for crabs.