Cortez Crabbers, Markets Feel a Pinch From Slow Stone Crab Startup
The 2025 stone crab season is off to a sluggish start for the working waterfront of Cortez, where crabbers and market owners say unseasonably clear, calm water has kept crabs buried and traps unusually light.
At the A.P. Bell Fish Co. and Star Fish Co. Seafood Market, early landings were well below expectations, leaving buyers and captains waiting on a weather change to stir things up.
“It’s been terrible,” Karen Bell, owner of Star Fish and A.P. Bell, said, describing the...
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