The blue crab population in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay is among the lowest it's been in 35 years, but watermen say this won't ...

The blue land crab is described to be as large as 5 to 6 inches and ... not all have the blue coloring. They said adult male crabs typically are blue, but adult female blue land crabs can be white ...

The Chesapeake Bay blue crab population has shown some signs of improvement after last year’s historic lows, but there’s still cause for concern, according to the 2023 Blue Crab Winter … ...

The Virginia Marine Resources Commission maintained existing regulations, which ban catching blue crabs during winter months.

WASHINGTON — The blue crab population in the Chesapeake Bay is at its second-lowest number in recorded history, dropping by 25% since last year. Still, an assessment of two states' surveys ...

Parasitic, egg-eating worms might sound like the stuff of nightmares, but they're simply a fact of life for blue crabs in the ...

The number of female crabs in the bay — 133 million — is above a ground floor threshold of 72.5 million, but below the department’s target of 196 million.

A Chesapeake Bay Foundation educator examines two female blue crabs with egg sponges caught in a trawl net in the Lynnhaven River on an educational field experience with Ocean Lakes High School ...

The 2025 Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey has revealed an all-time low population. Here's what you need to know about the decline.

New state laws are now taking effect for South Carolina’s blue crab industry, and some local commercial crabbers spoke about ...

The term jimmy refers to a male blue crab. Jimmies are generally considered to be a good size for eating, often having a generous amount of meat, including jumbo, lump, and claw meat.