Stone crab season in Southwest Florida: Hundreds attend annual Blessing ... the commercial and recreational fisheries is a baited trap. Some recreational crab fishers collect crabs by hand ...

In Goodland, Florida, Kirk Fish Company has stacks and stacks of stone crab traps waiting for the season. The family-owned Buzzard’s Bay operation has fresh stone crabs all season that come ...

Water soaked the ground leading to the traps that survived the storm. Dallas Ryan, the manager of Island Crab Company in St. James City said most of the company's 4,000 stone crab traps remained ...

Florida's stone crab season is almost here ... Also, all recreational and commercial stone crab traps, whether they're made of plastic or wood, must have an unobstructed escape ring measuring ...

South Florida’s stone crab season kicks off this Tuesday, Oct. 15, and despite back-to-back hurricanes barreling through the Gulf of Mexico, early signs point to abundant claws and prices even ...

Florida stone crab season is relatively brief – from October 15th to May 1st – in order to maintain their population. They’re caught using baited traps, and claws must be 73 mm (2 7/8 inches ...

As Florida’s stone-crab season gets underway this ... He says the cold front sweeping through Florida is steering crabs straight into traps, and the Gulf Coast has been more productive than ...

But, during season, stone crab lovers with a Florida fishing license can cast up to five traps. The practice is considered sustainable, because crabbers are supposed to break off one claw and then ...

Crab trap floats that have washed up on the sand hold valuable clues about where they came from and what type of fishing they were used for.

Crab trap floats found on beaches can be identified ... Different states use different color schemes or numbering formats. For example, Florida’s stone crab and spiny lobster fisheries are ...