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Paella is a popular seafood dish in Florida

Paella is a popular seafood dish in Florida. (c) Can Stock Photo / AntonioGravante

Florida’s seafood industry accounts for more than 84 percent of the nation’s grouper, pompano, mullet, stone crab, pink shrimp, spiny lobsters and Spanish mackerel.

Florida stone crabs: Seasonal treat in historic Everglades City

Stone crab season starts Oct. 15 and Everglades City, a small, isolated fishing village south of Naples, is a place to feast on this Florida favorite in an authenic Old Florida atmosphere. Two of our favorite stone crab restaurants are reopening Oct. 16 for the season after severe flooding from Hurricane Ian.

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