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Stone Crabs: Don’t Clip the Biter, Stick It!

Oct 20, 2022

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Ground-breaking research on the stone crab fishery in The Bahamas has identified an alternative method for claw removal that increases the chances of stone crab survival by nearly 30% once…

Sustaining Stone Crabs’ Colossal Claws

Apr 25, 2022

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Stone crabs are found throughout the Caribbean and tropical western Atlantic and are the target of a claw only fishery. Some of the largest stone crab claws come out of…

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Stone Crabs: Don’t Clip the Biter, Stick It!

Sustaining Stone Crabs’ Colossal Claws