On Friday, October 15, Joe’s Stone Crab opens for its 108th season around the Sun. The Miami Beach restaurant, which has been around longer than the city in which it resides, opens for dinner at 5 p.m ...

October brings two of Southwest Florida's favorite things: cooler weather and stone crabs. Stone crab season kicked off Wednesday, Oct. 15, and will be here for another shell-cracking 6½ months.

Owner of the largest vertical stone crab operation in North America, which has its own fleet of fishermen and boats and handles processing and distribution as well, he's not unhap ...

It’s October in Miami. Suddenly the humidity breaks, the threat of sudden tropical storms diminish, and a slight breeze with a hint of salt air reminds us that we’re about to embark on the best time ...

Stone crabs can be found in coastal and offshore waters from North Carolina to Belize, but 99% of the landings in the United States comes from Florida. Regulations around harvesting stone crab claws ...

His suppliers haven’t even pulled traps yet, but Even Keel Fish Shack co-owner Dave MacLennan is so confident about this year’s stone crab haul that he’s already set the price for an all-you-can-eat ...

The sand has settled, and the water is no longer murky: More than a week into Florida’s stone crab season, prices are set — and they’re higher than last year. The season, which runs through May 1, ...

Eric Paul owns the seafood market, which opened in 1978 on U.S. 1 in Fort Pierce. Paul offers stone crab annually, which he ...