One month into stone crab season, there’s good news from the docks and markets

“I think the difference we’re seeing this year is when people call and we say, ‘I’m sorry folks, we’re booked for the 6-9 timeslot,’ a lot of the times the customers are saying, ‘Alright, we’ll do 5 o’clock’,” Hershey said. “So now I’m filling my dining room earlier than I have in previous years.”