Soft shell crabs are blue crabs that come from the Chesapeake Bay area and usually have two seasons, weather permitting. These are crabs that have recently molted and for the next few days their ...

New Jersey’s blue claw crab season for both soft and hard crabs is ongoing, with specific regulations and size limits. Soft shell blue claw crabs must be at least 3.5 inches from point to point and ...

“Tell people they can eat the whole thing,” one of my colleagues urged me when I told her I planned to write about soft-shell crabs. If you love blue crabs but are daunted by all that cracking and ...