As Speckman explains, soft-shell season along America’s Atlantic Coast begins in spring, when temperatures increase and the blue crabs molt, shedding their shells and turning into a chef’s ...

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Soft-shell season comes around every spring for about two weeks and happens as Atlantic blue crabs molt out of their hard shells when the water's climate and outdoor temperature is just right.