The Winter Dredge Survey also explores how many blue crabs die each winter due to cold water temperatures and low salinity.

Before you head out this weekend to crab in New Jersey, get your crabbing checklist ready. New Jersey’s blue crab season 2025 is underway and runs until Nov. 30 in most waters, with an extended ...

Blue crab populations in the Chesapeake Bay dropped to the second-lowest number on record, according to a recent survey from ...

An analysis by the Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee shows that the Bay’s blue crab population is not overfished but is at its lowest in decades. We’re told the report shows that the ...

The Chesapeake Bay blue crab could be experiencing a population crash on par with the early 2000s, when experts feared the prized mid-Atlantic species was at risk of hitting unrecoverable levels.

OLD REGULATIONS: fishermen could take an unlimited number of blue crabs if using a scoop or crab net, trot, or hand line.; NEW REGULATIONS: Starting Jan. 19, fishermen will only be allowed to ...

Starting July 1, new laws on blue crab fishery will go into effect on South Carolina waterways. The changes aim to get a handle on the state's lax regulations.