Article: CRABS "FARM" YIELDS A SOFT-SHELL HARVEST.(FLAVOR)

Byline: MARY REID BARROW CORRESPONDENT

AS THE FULL moon rises Thursday evening, Chesapeake Bay blue crabs, camouflaged in eel grass, will slip out of their hard shells and, for a few short hours, become one of Tidewater's finest seafood delicacies, soft-shell crabs.

May's full moon is traditionally the time when local crabs begin to shed their tough shells, but pretty much any time in spring is prime soft-shell crab season in Hampton Roads if you are Floyd ``Dunie'' Bonney Jr.

Over the past six years, Bonney has been quietly building up a soft-shell crab shedding business down on Princess Anne Road. His operation lends a new function to a ...

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