The number of adult female, male and juvenile crabs in the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland and Virginia raises concern for experts ...

Blue crab populations in the Chesapeake Bay took a sizable hit in 2025, marking a need for more cautious harvest regulations, ...

Blue crab numbers can vary year by year, depending on weather trends, predator numbers, and habitat availability, the release stated. Certain factors that can threaten blue crab populations ...

Let’s talk in more depth about these creepy-cool crustaceans by unveiling 10 Incredible Crab Facts! Crabs come in ... and 500 are fake crabs. Blue crabs, spider crabs, and snow crabs are a ...

Loss of habitat, changes in water temperature due ... limits on both commercial and recreational harvests to ensure blue crabs remain in healthy numbers. But it should give some hope.

The result of the Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey is an annual estimate of the total crab population. The results this year are in, and they are bad. For six straight years, the count has been ...

"We look at trying to restore the blue crab through multiple lenses, is what it amounts to," Moore said. They'll be looking at water quality and restoring oyster reef habitats, among other remedies.