You may have noticed that stone crab claws are always sold pre-cooked and ready for consumption. Here's why seafood experts do that.

When catching catch a crab the claws can be removed, but throw back the crab and be careful when removing the claws so the crab isn't permanently injured. Egg bearing females cannot be declawed.

Stone Crab Season Kicks Off on October 15 — Here's Where to Taste the Famous Claws Here's what's special about the crab variety that's famous on Florida's Gulf Coast.

On Mondays, PB Catch offers a stone crab claw special: buy one claw, receive one free. When fishermen catch stone crab in their traps, they remove regulation-sized claws and return the crabs to ...