In the U.S. you'll find all the soft-shell crabs we eat are the blue crab species. Fishermen catch the crabs in the few hours before their new shells begin to harden. So no hard outer shell means ...

A soft-shell crab is a blue crab that has molted its hard shell. In the spring, the start of soft-shell crab season, crabbers ...

Florida is home to several diverse crab species, and two of the most popular ones for consumption are blue crabs and stone ...

Blue crab is one of the state's top 10 seafood ... It can be eaten when its shell is soft or hard and can be trapped year-round. But the best time is from May to November. Stone crab is also ...