Florida's Stone Crab Season Ends with 3 Million Lb. Harvest Valued at $30 Million
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Sarasota Herald-Tribune] by Thomas Becnel
- May 15, 2017
Cortez — The end of stone crab season today marks the second year of a rebound with a harvest of about 3 million pounds of claws valued at $30 million.
“This year, the preliminary data through April was that we’re approaching 2.5 million pounds,” said Ryan Gandy, a research scientist with the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission in St. Petersburg. “So we’re on track for this season to be pretty close to last year.”
That estimate surprised Karen Bell at the A.P. Bell Fish...
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