South Florida’s stone crab season is underway, and despite two hurricanes causing concern just before its official start on Oct. 15, there should be plenty of the sweet, tender claw meat to go ...

By doing this, fishermen are giving the crab a defense mechanism to protect it while it regenerates the other claw, making it a fairly sustainable source of seafood. Although Florida Stone Crabs also ...

2. MIKE ZIMMER/Florida Keys News Bureau A contestant uses a mechanical crab cracker while competing in the Keys Fisheries Stone Crab Eating Contest. Contestants were judged on how long it took them to ...

Any other year, it would’ve been an auspicious date: opening day of Florida stone ... taking one or both claws off a crab and ...

Hanousek’s final time to finish 25 claws was 12 minutes and 3 seconds. A commercial lobster and stone crab fisherman, he said he always sells his catch because the Florida seafood favorite is in ...

By doing this, fishermen are giving the crab a defense mechanism to protect it while it regenerates the other claw, making it a fairly sustainable source of seafood. Although Florida Stone Crabs ...

Participants in the 2022 Stone Crab Eating Contest devour their 25 claws. ANDY NEWMAN/Florida Keys News Bureau Florida’s stone crab claw harvest season runs from Oct. 15 to May 1, and the Florida Keys ...

Any other year, it would’ve been an auspicious date: opening day of Florida stone crab season ... New Port Richey transports buckets of stone crab claws for processing on Wednesday, Oct 23 ...

Anyone who lives in South Florida ... Stone Crab, we sat down with Stephen Sawitz from the family that started it all to explore their journey and score some insider tips and tricks. Thousands of ...

Florida's 2024-2025 commercial stone crab season opened as scheduled on Oct ... out the traps will result in slightly more expensive claws.