The Chesapeake Bay’s crabs are tearing themselves apart. A decades-long study of the blue crabs living along the Maryland ...

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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.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — In Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay, two populations are under threat: the iconic blue crab and the crabbers whose livelihoods have depended on this fishery for hundreds of years. This ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Chesapeake Bay blue crab season officially opens on April 1, 2025, ushering in a beloved Maryland tradition that runs through December 15. For recreational crabbers, this marks ...

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 ...

ALL RIGHT, CHRISTOPHER, THANK YOU. WELL, THERE WILL BE NO DOUBT PLENTY OF CRABS CONSUMED THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, BUT THIS YEAR’S BLUE CRAB SEASON WON’T BE AS PLENTIFUL. THE STATE’S BLUE CRAB ...

Marylanders and visitors love the blue crab as a seafood delicacy, but they chose it as the state crustacean for more than that. It’s a species that reflects the working life, history, and ecology of ...