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Commercial stone crab fishing is off to a horrendous start this year – Fewer crabs, higher prices for claws

November 24, 2013 Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic

“It has been a disastrous start,” Key Fisheries owner Gary Graves said. “It is the highest prices on record. But the catch has been horrible. I am not very confident that this going to be a good year.” more@keysnews 06:18

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Man eats 25 crab claws in 17 min. in Keys contest

October 20, 2013 Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic

Alfredo Munoz of Moses Lake cracked and consumed 25 claws in 17 minutes and 35 seconds during Saturday’s contest that attracted more than 50 competitors at Keys Fisheries restaurant. more@wtsp 11:10

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Florida Stone Crab Season Begins October 15, 2013

October 8, 2013 Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic

Florida Stone Crab season begins on October 15, 2013. Here are the Stone Crab regulations per the Florida Fish and Wildlife website. more@brevardtimes 10:09

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Stone crab season closes May 16 in Florida

May 8, 2013 Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic

The commercial and recreational harvest of stone crab claws in Florida closes on May 16, with the last day of harvest on May 15. This closure occurs each year during the species’ peak spawning season to help protect and sustain Florida’s valuable stone crab resource. Stone crab season will reopen on Oct. 15. continued

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Florida Stone-crabs: Harvest down, prices way up this year

March 20, 2013 South Atlantic

MARATHON, Fla. (AP) — In 46 years as a commercial fisherman, Gary Graves says he has never seen a stone crab harvest season as poor as this one. Graves, who runs Keys Fisheries in Marathon — the main supplier for Joe’s Stone Crab in Miami Beach — says his catches are down 40 percent since the season opened Oct 15. continued

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Stone crab season to help commercial fishermen – MARATHON, Fla – WTSP.com

October 13, 2012 South Atlantic

MARATHON, Fla. (AP) – Florida’s commercial fishermen are hoping winter visitors will flock to the Sunshine State for stone crab season. Gary Graves is vice president of Keys Fisheries, the largest processor of the crab’s tasty claws in the Florida Keys. He says a strong winter tourism season for the state normally translates into higher fiscal yields for the commercial fishing industry. Read More

http://www.wtsp.com/news/florida/article/278047/19/Stone-crab-season-to-help-commercial-fishermen

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

NILS STOLPE: The New England groundfish debacle (Part IV): Is cutting back harvest really the answer?

While it’s a fact that’s hardly ever acknowledged, the assumption in fisheries management is that if the population of a stock of fish isn’t at some arbitrary level, it’s because of too much fishing. Hence the term “overfished.” Hence the mandated knee jerk reaction of the fisheries managers to not enough fish; cut back on fishing. What of other factors? They don’t count. It’s all about fishing, because fishing is all that the managers can control; it’s their Maslow’s Hammer. When it comes to the oceans it seems as if it’s about all that the industry connected mega-foundations that support the anti-fishing ENGOs with hundreds of millions of dollars a year in “donations” are interested in controlling. Read the article here

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