Seafood

What has eight legs and loves stone crabs? The answer isn’t necessarily a table of four, dining at a waterfront restaurant. The 2010-11 season for the local seafood delicacy is just a tasty memory, with the last claws delivered on May 15. But many crabbers and crab vendors said the big news of this year’s stone crab season was the octopus. …

Lobster harvesters are selling their catches to provincial buyers once again as the Seafood Producers of Newfoundland and Labrador (SPONL) and the FFAW ended a dispute over lobster prices. …

Australian oyster growers are in preliminary talks with the US to export the seafood delicacy, a logistical nightmare previously deemed too arduous.

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Long known as heart-healthy, fish that's baked or broiled also protects against developing heart failure, a new study suggests. …

Mississippi’s shrimp season opened to windy conditions and choppy waters at 6 a.m., May 25, 2011, the earliest shrimp season on record. Shrimp season opens in Mississippi territorial waters when sampling shows shrimp have reached the 68-count-per-pound state statute requirement. …