Stone crab is also one of Florida's top commercial seafood products in terms of dockside value. They live in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico and can be harvested from Oct. 15 to May 1.

No need to get crabby, stone crab season is back again! Open season for the sought-after crustacean began on Oct. 15, with crabbers and fishermen heading out into the Gulf of Mexico to catch some ...

Stone crab is the star of Sunday’s event from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. rain or shine. Blue Dog and Island Crab Co. will be selling cracked claws ready to eat, and it will be sold wholesale to go from ...

A team of volunteers boated into Tampa Bay on a recent Saturday morning with their mind welded to a singular mission: Scan ...

Indeed, that’s one of the miraculous things about the species. One female crab can carry anywhere from 750,000 to 8 million eggs with the average around 2 million. Think of that.

Lee ‘Lucky’ Alewine, left, prepares to refrigerate their blue crab catch at Rusty Crabs on Sept. 20, 2024, as William Beveridge moves bushels of crabs from the boat to be sold to a vendor on ...

To legally harvest blue crabs in New Jersey, you need to measure the crab from point to point of the carapace (shell). The minimum size requirements are 4-1/2 inches for hard crabs, 3-1/2 inches ...

Marylanders take much pride in the delicate, rich flavor of Maryland blue crabs dredged from the Chesapeake Bay. Get a true taste of Maryland at the best places to eat steamed crabs and crab cakes ...

The Bay’s blue crab population had been on a four-year decline before this year. The crabs were at their lowest population in 33 years in 2022, according to the survey.

WASHINGTON — The blue crab population in the Chesapeake Bay is at its second-lowest number in recorded history, dropping by 25% since last year. Still, an assessment of two states' surveys ...