According to data, the adult female blue crab population has dropped from 152 million in 2023 to 133 million in 2024. Not terrible, not great said Chris Moore of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.

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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.

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BALTIMORE (WBFF) -- The number of spawning-age female crabs in the Chesapeake Bay have surged to the highest level recorded in the 28-year history of the Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey.The results ...

An annual survey by marine officials shows a significant drop in the number of spawning-age female blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay. Skip to content. NOWCAST 11 News Sunday Morning.

They show the total population of blue crabs fell this year by 18 percent. But the female spawning stock was the highest ever recorded in the survey's 28-year history.

There are more spawning-age female blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay than there have been in at least 28 years, a sign that efforts to help the species withstand natural population swings are working.

There are more spawning-age female blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay than there have been in at least 28 years, a sign that efforts to help the species withstand natural population swings are working.