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

The Chesapeake Bay’s blue crab population has plummeted to 238 million in 2025, the second-lowest level since surveys began in 1990, according to the 2025 Blue Crab Advisory Report released on June 24 ...

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

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

The 2025 survey shows a continuation of a downward trend for the Chesapeake Bay's blue beauties, with last year's survey also showing a slight drop in crab numbers.

Blue crab populations in the Chesapeake Bay took a sizable hit in 2025, marking a need for more cautious harvest regulations, some environmentalists say.

The Chesapeake Bay has a lot of blue catfish, and that's a problem. Now lawmakers have a plan, to see if the invasive fish ...

I'm done.'" "I bought a boat and been out here ever since," he says. But the catches of the Chesapeake's iconic blue crabs aren't what they were for Scerbo back when he started. Today, it's just two ...

Blue crab populations in the Chesapeake Bay took a sizable hit in 2025, marking a need for more cautious harvest regulations, some environmentalists say.