The blue crab population in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay is among the lowest it's been in 35 years, but watermen say that doesn't necessarily mean crabs will cost you more this summer. A survey by the ...

The blue crab represents Maryland’s culture, economy, and long relationship with the Chesapeake Bay. Its population reflects the health of the bay and the effects of fishing and habitat management.

Blue crab populations in the Chesapeake Bay dropped to the second-lowest number on record, according to a recent survey from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. The 2025 survey showed the overall ...

CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — As of this week, local blue crabbers are adjusting to new regulations. Officials are now enforcing a state law passed last year to protect the blue crab population.

Spring means crabbing in waterways throughout New Jersey. Blue claw crabs are abundant in the state’s waters, and they are a favorite of recreational crabbers in New Jersey, according to the New ...

Blue land crabs are edible and are a food source in the Bahamas and the Caribbean. In Florida, harvesting blue land crabs is prohibited from July 1 through Oct. 31. Blue land crabs can be caught by ...

Crabs must molt because their hard, calcified exoskeleton cannot grow with them. Before molting, they reabsorb calcium and weaken their old shell from the inside. During ecdysis, they painfully pull ...

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