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

A parasitic worm that lives on the eggs of female blue crabs might actually help scientists and fishery managers protect this ...

Efforts to save the Chesapeake face serious challenges but not insurmountable ones if the federal-state partnership can be ...

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

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 Chesapeake Crab Company in Garnet Valley brings seaside tastes to Delaware County. They’ll sell you a dozen blue crabs, a half bushel, or a whole bushel fresh from the Chesapeake Bay, along ...

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

The 2025 Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey has revealed an all-time low population. Here's what you need to know about the decline.

Local lawmakers have proposed the Mitigation Action and Watermen Support Act to curb invasive blue catfish in the Chesapeake ...

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

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.