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Stone crab season closes
May 14, 2008
Contact: Lee Schlesinger, 850-487-0554
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission (FWC) announces that the season closes for the
harvest, possession and sale of stone crab claws in Florida on
May 16. This closure occurs each year to help protect and
sustain Florida’s valuable stone crab resource. Stone crab
season will reopen on Oct. 15.
Stone crab claws may be possessed and sold
during the closed season 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 from the water
within five days after the close of the stone crab season,
unless a special extension is granted under certain conditions
by the FWC.
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