..A little fact update on Stone crabs. For years it was thought that removing both claws would leave the crab defensless....and it does, BUT, it was discoverd that with both claws removed, the crab was forced to eat only seagrass and other vegetaion, and the change in diet produced more fertile females and more offspring, as well as the claws regenerating faster. It also left the females defenseless against horny male crabs resulting in more sucessfull sexual encounters...so the loss from being defenseless was minimal compared to all the extra little ones being created....The law was changed this season allowing both claws of mature crabs to be taken.