To legally harvest blue crabs in New Jersey, you need to measure the crab from point to point of the carapace (shell). The minimum size requirements are 4-1/2 inches for hard crabs, 3-1/2 inches ...

An easy way to tell quality off the bat, Jones says, is by measuring the width from point to point on the crab shell, or carapace. Male crabs that measure more than 5.5 inches across are ...

Their shells are soft, tender, and edible, so there's no need to pry the meat from a hard exterior. But what actually gives soft-shell crabs this unique texture is simple: They're harvested ...

Instead, the soft shell part comes down to timing and when the crabs are caught. As they grow, blue crabs (and other species) ...

“Our hard crab season started early this year, so maybe the soft crabs will be on the next moon in early May,” he says. Like many things, you can get soft shell crabs out of season, usually ...

“Our hard crab season started early this year, so maybe the soft crabs will be on the next moon in early May,” he says. Like many things, you can get soft shell crabs out of season, usually ...