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Angela Berkley,
High School Student
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Adult Stone Crabs are easily recognized by their oval body and two large claws.
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Miguel Cortez,
Small Business Owner
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Stone crabs are found only in the waters of the south Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico from North Carolina to Texas, as well as in Mexico, Cuba, and the Bahamas.
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Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster
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Stone crab claws are cooked immediately after harvest to prevent the meat from sticking to the inside of the shell.
The freshest Stone Crabs available caught by local fisherman.
Stone crabs inhabit bays and estuaries where they hide under rocks and shell fragments.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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Stone crabs are found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts but are commercially harvested almost entirely in Florida.
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Tony Howell,
Skateboarder
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Stone crabs differ from blue crabs in that only the over-sized claws are harvested.
Back then stone crabs were selling for $1.
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Shane Kelly,
Bar Tender
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Stone crabs are a South Beach specialty too.
Stone crabs are captured commercially with traps which are re-baited every other day.
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