Ready to crack into some Florida stone crabs? Customers have some claws for optimism: Costs at most fish markets, restaurant menus and wholesalers are nearly the same as they were at the start of last season, reversing a trend of record-high prices set in 2021 and 2022. As Florida’s stone-crab season gets underway this week, seafood purveyors from Broward and Palm Beach counties and even the .
it s been estimated 25% of all marine organisms associate with coral reef habitat struck chir at some point in their lives. unhealthy coral reefs, only slightly outpaces how fast it erodes due to biological activities and physical activities like storms. once go 10%, it becomes net eroeshlle. recent study by noaa and the u.s. gee local survey found about 70% of the reeves in florida are already there, and this was before the heat stress. we are losing vital habitat that marine species that have economic importance in florida, such as sea turtles, sharks, fish, stone crabs, lobsters, they depend on coral reef habitat. how concerned are you about the impact on coastal erosion and impact on that and future severe weather?