Hi, we are Ian, Bryant, and Jared. We are here to tell you about the stone crab and its merits as a food dish in your restaurant. The stone crab it's not only tasty and versatile, it is sustainable. Stone crabs can be bought per pound from Crosby seafood in Charleston. Averagely, whole stone crab prices stay around twelve-fifteen dollars per pound.
Prices per pound of claws are much higher, and can be purchased at upwards of thirty or forty dollars. Phone Crosby's seafood at (843) 577-3531. According to Monterey Seafood Watch, (http://www.seafoodwatch.org/) stone crabs in the Atlantic are sustainable, and maintain a healthy population.
The stone crab claws are the most sought after part. Described as, all meat, tender but still a little firm, …show more content…
These methods normally don't capture fish or other organisms as bycatch, but can catch other, possibly unwanted, species of crabs. Stone crabs can be found in 6-inch- to 3-foot-deep holes near dock pilings in water 1 foot to 5 feet deep. The crab found in the western North Atlantic, years from Connecticut to Belize, including Texas, the Gulf of Mexico, Cuba, The Bahamas, and the East Coast of the United States. Florida has a greater population, however they can be found up and down the east coast. The stone crab economy is highly competitive, fishermen and wholesalers compete to find the best quality and prices. Stone crabs are highly sought after, being as the claws contain some of the best meat of any crab species. Stone Crabs are only available for certain times in the year. Experts like Stephen Sawitz, fourth-generation owner of Joe's Stone Crab in Miami Beach, liken stone crabs to wine grapes, since every subtle change in the harvest location, climate, temperature and time of year affects their flavor. A dark orange stone crab claw from northern Florida will be firmer, tougher and saltier than a cream-colored claw from the southwest tip of the Florida mainland, which is mild, sweet and succulent. Stone crabs have a shell as hard as their name, and the claws can grow to be half a crab's weight, as much as three-quarters of a pound. Canny crabbers long ago discovered that the claws regenerate. Unlike blue crabs,