The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission was supposed to vote on changes to the blue crab fishery in late November. But the chair ...

RICHMOND — The commercial harvest of blue crabs has been extended in Virginia as the crab population trends upward. The Virginia Marine Resources Commission voted last week to approve the extension ...

The annual winter dredge survey by Maryland and Virginia said there are an estimated 317 million blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay this year. File photo by Maryland Matters. The number of blue crabs in ...

How many blue crabs are in our river? A whole bunch. And you can even find some on a "farm" in Oak Hill, where you can pick ...

An annual survey of the Chesapeake Bay has found the blue crab population at its lowest level since scientists began tracking the beleaguered species more than 30 years ago. The finding is expected to ...

Blue Crab caught from the Chesapeake Bay, is a point of pride in D.C. area. After a big Virginia crab supplier came under federal prosecution for swapping Chesapeake Blue Crab meat with a cheaper ...

Results from the latest Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey—conducted annually by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science and Maryland Department of Natural Resources—show the Chesapeake Bay’s blue crab ...

Jim McInteer and his crew mate Alan Payne knew they had captured an oddity the moment they pulled their crab pot from the York River last Tuesday. “We were excited about it,” says McInteer. “Alan ...

Beleaguered blue crabs are poised to start living their best lives in the warming waters of the Chesapeake Bay. Over the years leading to 2100, a study says, the bay will probably experience a blue ...

Reporter David A. Fahrenthold notes in "Bay Crabs, Against the Tide" [Metro, March 20] that pasteurized Asian crabmeat from the blue swimming crab imported by the Phillips company is "shipped to the ...

If you want a real Maryland crab ritual, these buffet and feast nights are where locals go to crack, linger, and leave happy.