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 ...

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

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 ...

Beaufort native Brett Everett races across the glassy surface of the Morgan River in a 22-foot boat on a muggy 71-degree morning, using the Lowcountry waterway to drive deep into the salt marshes. But ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Free concerts, family-friendly entertainment, food and area vendors are featured this weekend at the Palatka Blue Crab Festival, a Memorial Day weekend event that has been hosted by the City of ...

Soaring prices for the catch have led many restaurants to remove favorite dishes from the menu during peak season. By Christina Morales Along the Chesapeake Bay shore in Maryland, Bobby Jones has two ...

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 ...