New state laws are now taking effect for South Carolina’s blue crab industry, and some local commercial crabbers spoke about ...

In 2004, the harvest of crabs was the lowest since 1990, and in 2008, the U.S. Department of Commerce declared a commercial fisheries disaster in the bay for blue crabs, making watermen eligible ...

The commercial crabbers at Belford Seafood Co-op will spend the winter chasing the blue claws over every nook and cranny on Raritan Bay. They will back off only if the bushel prices get too low.

According to a report from the Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee, the blue crab population has seen a near 60 percent increase. The overall population sits at 594 million compared to 372 ...

The Chesapeake Bay's blue crab numbers have declined to somewhere around 120 million adults when 200 million are needed to maintain a thriving population, according to a report by the National Oc.