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I have a friend that moved to Florida and I’m doing some research about what there is I to do there...
I was happy to learn about shrimping... COOL...
When I’m reading on Stone Crabs, I was surprised to watch people snap a claw or both off and toss them back... wow !!
I’m used to Delaware Blue Crab - so this seems weird.
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Pretty sure they will grow them back. Otherwise they wouldn't do it.
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Yes...they grow back. There is a minimum size on the claw required before you can harvest the claw. A lot of times you will see crabs with one much larger claw and a smaller claw...kind of a rotation of harvesting so to speak.
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The law in SC used to be you only take the biggest claw. That leaves them with a defense. Best meat of all crabs to me.
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Stone crab is killer.
Yep, snap the claw and it grows back. There is significant mortality but no where near 100%. I think they figure 30-40%?
“Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die.”
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“Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die.”
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