Stone crabs are in season. Nearly 14,000 people have permits to take their tasty claws. But someone's raiding traps in the Indian River Lagoon.

When stone crabs are pulled from the traps (usually every seven to 10 days during the season), only legal-sized claws are broken off, and the crabs are returned to the water.

When stone crabs are pulled from the traps (usually every seven to 10 days during the season), only legal-sized claws are broken off, and the crabs are returned to the water.

One month before opening day of stone crab season, which runs Oct. 15 through May 15, Dooley was removing barnacles and algae from fouled traps while Gary repaired damaged traps — commercial ...

Dallas Ryan, the manager of Island Crab Company in St. James City said most of the company's 4,000 stone crab traps remained intact after Hurricane Ian tore through Southwest Florida.

MIAMI (CBSMiami) - Attention, stone crab lovers! Officials just announced that the season ends on May 2. They also said the last day of harvest will be May 1. Here is what you must know as the ...

Get your traps ready, anglers. It’s nearly stone crab season. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission selected Thursday as the official start date to the season but moved up the ...

Under normal circumstances, crabbers start putting out stone crab traps Oct. 5 and 6 and then retrieve them on the opening day of the season. With Milton lurking in the Gulf, however, many ...

Stone crabs will be back in season beginning on Sunday. ... must include an unobstructed escape ring 2 3/16 inches in diameter for all recreational and commercial plastic or wood stone crab traps.

For the 2023-24 stone crab season, all recreational and commercial stone crab traps, plastic or wood, must have an unobstructed escape ring 2 3/16 inches in diameter.

When stone crabs are pulled from the traps (usually every seven to 10 days during the season), only legal-sized claws are broken off, and the crabs are returned to the water.