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 is widely considered to be the official food of Maryland, at least by the scores of people who flock to crab feasts all over the state. They have their own unique style there, steaming crabs ...

Blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay have dropped to a “distressing low” number, experts say, marking several years of repeated declines and raising concern about their long-term health. The estimated ...

U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez issued a state of disaster declaration for Chesapeake Bay blue crabs, a first and critical step in making financial aid available to watermen facing harvest ...

Smithsonian researchers discovered who devours the most young blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay — it's not people or even fish, but older, larger blue crabs with a surprising taste for cannibalism. And ...

Maryland’s watermen inched even closer Wednesday to financial relief for the ailing blue crab industry. Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., secured $75 million for fishery disaster assistance in the final ...

The 2025 Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey estimates 238 million blue crabs, a decrease from 317 million in 2024 and the second lowest on record. The survey revealed distressing declines ...

CRABBER IN ABERDEEN FOR HIS TAKE ON THIS ISSUE. NOBODY LIKES THE IDEA OF WINTER DREDGING, AND THAT INCLUDES THE STAFF OF THE COMMISSION LOOKING INTO IT. ONE IMPORTANT BUT HARD TO DETERMINE AT THIS ...

Virginia state regulators removed an important protection for the blue crab Tuesday when they narrowly approved reopening the winter season after a 15-year closure, subjecting the vulnerable and ...