A few years ago, I tagged along with a commercial fisher and fishing guide in Bradenton, Florida. While he pulled up traps ...

Soft shell crabs are crunchy delicacies that often feature on menus at good seafood restaurants. We look at the best ways to ...

Meanwhile, brown crab meat, as it is commonly referred to in Europe and the U.K., exclusively comes from the shell cavity of the crab itself, meaning you'll only get this meat if you buy a crab whole.

This dish is a bit fiddly, as it takes a while to get all the crab meat from the shell, but the work is not difficult. Look for crabs that are lively and heavy, and buy them on the day you're ...

Dungeness crab - this can reach up to 20cm/8in and has plenty of delicious white, dense sweet meat. The meat in the shell, notably different for its pale greyish-green colour, also has a great ...

When a crabber presses on its shell to check for maturity, the shell gives slightly. A mature crab that has filled out its ...