With a drop in the Chesapeake Bay blue crab population come higher prices. The 2025 Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey shows the number of Maryland crabs dropped to the second lowest level since the ...

JAMES ISLAND, S.C. (WCSC) - The state recorded a record low of blue crab numbers last year, but a bill that is currently going through legislation could change that. The South Carolina Department of ...

A chilly Wednesday night at Endurance Seafood brought together about 20 longtime fishermen in the Outer Banks, many whose ...

For centuries, surely not long after the arrival of Captain John Smith, the first Englishman to explore the Chesapeake Bay, Marylanders have developed a deep affection for blue crabs or “Callinectes ...

The 2025 Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey estimates 238 million blue crabs, a decrease from 317 million in 2024 and the second lowest on record. The survey revealed distressing declines ...

Perhaps one of the last commercially important species that is still harvested from the St. Johns River is the blue crab. According to the St Johns River Report, over 1.2 million pounds valued at $3.1 ...

The state of Maryland is struggling to keep up with demand for its famous dishes as blue crab populations decline. NBC News' Kathy Park takes a deeper look into the ...

The Marine Fisheries Commission is expected to consider adopting more restrictions on the commercial harvest of blue crabs, a move the N.C. Carolina Coastal Counties Fisheries Coalition opposes.

Beaufort native Brett Everett races across the glassy surface of the Morgan River in a 22-foot boat on a muggy 71-degree morning, using the Lowcountry waterway to drive deep into the salt marshes. But ...