Stone crab season closes

Posted on May 11, 2016

The commercial and recreational harvest of stone crab claws in Florida closes on May 16, with the last day of harvest on May 15.

Commercially harvested stone crab claws may be possessed and sold during the closed season but only if they have been placed in inventory prior to May 16 by a licensed wholesale or retail dealer. Stone crab traps must be removed within five days after the close of the season and claws cannot be harvested from traps pulled after the season closes.

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