CAMBIRDGE, Md. - A new pilot program introduced by the Department of Natural Resources has watermen frustrated. It's with the possible implementation of plastic, rectangular containers called lugs.

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 South Carolina Department of Natural Resources is recommending new management strategies for the state’s blue crab fishery, and it's asking for commercial and recreational crabbers’ help to ...

CRABBER IN ABERDEEN FOR HIS TAKE ON THIS ISSUE. NOBODY LIKES THE IDEA OF WINTER DREDGING, AND THAT INCLUDES THE STAFF OF THE COMMISSION LOOKING INTO IT. ONE IMPORTANT BUT HARD TO DETERMINE AT THIS ...

BALTIMORE — Good news for crab season: an annual survey by Maryland and Virginia found the blue crab population increase from 2022. However, the nonprofit Chesapeake Bay Foundation is warning to hold ...

Egg-eating worms living on Chesapeake Bay blue crabs may hold the key to smarter fishery management. Once thought to be a threat, these parasites actually serve as natural biomarkers that reveal when ...

New Jersey’s blue claw crab season for both soft and hard crabs is ongoing, with specific regulations and size limits. Soft shell blue claw crabs must be at least 3.5 inches from point to point and ...

ALL RIGHT, CHRISTOPHER, THANK YOU. WELL, THERE WILL BE NO DOUBT PLENTY OF CRABS CONSUMED THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, BUT THIS YEAR’S BLUE CRAB SEASON WON’T BE AS PLENTIFUL. THE STATE’S BLUE CRAB ...