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

The male population was at its lowest ever recorded number this year -- with 26 million jimmies surveyed in Chesapeake Bay.

Blue crabs happen to be one of my favorite animals. Partly because I grew up crabbing with fish heads and a dip net on the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia, and along the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

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 ...

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

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.

The regulations will also come with stricter possession limits: OLD REGULATIONS: fishermen could take an unlimited number of blue crabs if using a scoop or crab net, trot, or hand line.; NEW ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

The Crab House, 19598 Coastal Highway (Route 1), Rehoboth Beach, has all-you-can-eat steamed, No. 1 male, blue crabs seasoned with J.O. Spices (there's a two-hour time limit) and 36 draft beer ...

Fisherman Sutham Abmanee hauls in a fishing net containing an egg-carrying female blue swimming crab. Image by Ana Norman Bermúdez for Mongabay. A vendor sells freshly caught blue swimming crabs ...