In Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay, two populations are under threat: the iconic blue crab and the crabbers whose livelihoods ...

In this video, we prepare fried soft-shell crabs paired with a fresh herbed mayo. Learn about the seasonal transformation of Maryland blue crabs and how to cook them at their peak — when they shed ...

But the overall crab population is still significantly below the long-term average, the survey found. And while the estimated number of juvenile crabs increased slightly — from 101 million in 2022 to ...

The Virginia Marine Resources Commission maintained existing regulations, which ban catching blue crabs during winter months.

Parasitic, egg-eating worms might sound like the stuff of nightmares, but they're simply a fact of life for blue crabs in the ...

To catch blue claw crab jimmies, use baited lines or traps from a dock, bank or boat. Popular baits include menhaden (bunker) and chicken necks. If you haven’t caught a jimmy, keep trying.

The paper explained that blue crab canning has heretofore been impracticable because the crabs have unstable protein molecules, which, in the heat required for canning, release copper, cause blue ...

Following a strong 2024 numbers, the blue crab population in the Chesapeake Bay has fallen to the second-lowest number in recent history, according to a new report.

To legally harvest blue crabs in New Jersey, you need to measure the crab from point to point of the carapace (shell). The minimum size requirements are 4-1/2 inches for hard crabs, 3-1/2 inches ...

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It was a crab-ulous find. Cavers encountered a massive blue crab in a cavern in India, marking the first time the at-risk species had been spotted in the region in 150 years, per a watershed study ...