No. 1 male crabs are those that measure at least 6 1/2 inches from point to point. In Maryland, consumers will pay almost any price for No. 1s, so most of those caught in Louisiana's waters end up in ...

Perhaps one of the last commercially important species that is still harvested from the St. Johns River is the blue crab. According to the St Johns River Report, over 1.2 million pounds valued at $3.1 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This week, WTOP takes you from the bottom of the bay to the picnic table in our four-part series Claws and Effect: The murky future of the Chesapeake Bay blue crab. Listen on air and read it online.

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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 ...

GEORGIA, — Georgia wildlife officials are asking the public for more information after there's been several recent sightings of invasive blue land crabs in coastal Georgia, according to a Facebook ...

There's nothing like sharing the love, but officials as far north as North Carolina aren't smiling over the latest invasive species making its way up the East Coast from Florida: blue land crabs.

Invasive blue land crabs native to warmer climes have been spotted along the Georgia coast recently, wildlife officials warned Wednesday. The blue land crabs, as their name implies, live much of their ...