Their mission: to conduct the annual blue crab winter dredge survey, a critical effort to estimate the population of Maryland’s state crustacean in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.

A petition filed by environmental groups is asking state regulators for regulations on crab pots to lessen their deadly ...

Maryland’s groundbreaking work in mariculture and blue tech has fully restored the Chesapeake Bay’s oyster and blue crab populations, revitalizing the state’s fishing industry. Fresh, affordable ...

Maryland's Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is enlisting the help of charter boat captains and commercial watermen in a ...

Maryland’s natural resources department is incentivizing commercial watermen and charter boat captains to capture blue ...

This famous crab is the blue crab, which resides in the Chesapeake Bay. The blue crab is such a hot commodity that 50% of the country's supply of blue crab comes from Maryland. If your main foodie ...