Blue crabs are abundant all along the Jersey coast, and some of the best bets for finding crabs are in tidal creeks and ...

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

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 ...

The crabs are devouring stocks of eels, clams, and mussels and wreaking havoc on fishing nets. A fisherman holds a blue crab in the Orbetello lagoon, Italy, Monday, Aug. 14, 2023.

Here’s another entry for “activities you probably didn’t realize were illegal in Rhode Island”: Fishing for blue crabs at night. Since the 1930s, recreational fishermen have been banned ...

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.

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.