[4][5] In 1903, Handy Seafood became the first company to commercially process soft shell crabs.
[6][7] Beginning in 1916, the company started farming and selling oysters.
[8] During the 1980s, the company began shipping live soft shell crabs to Tokyo and exporting frozen soft shell crabs throughout Europe and the Pacific Rim.
[9] In 1981, the company was purchased by former Perdue Farms executive Terry Conway.
[5] The company is a founding member of the National Fisheries Institute Crab Council.