Big changes could be on the horizon for fishermen across the state. The North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries is considering imposing limit on female crab harvesting this summer. As part of ...

Blue Crab on Beach of Florida© Katarina_G/Shutterstock.com A crab’s exoskeleton protects it like armor and gives the animal structural support. Without the process of molting, crabs and other ...

New Jersey’s 2026 recreational blue claw crab season is underway, and if you plan to drop a trap this summer, you’ll want to know the rules before you keep your catch. Not every crab is legal to bring ...

Scientists studying the Chesapeake Bay’s iconic blue crab say the species is not currently considered overfished, but new ...

Parasitic, egg-eating worms might sound like the stuff of nightmares, but they're simply a fact of life for blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay. Interestingly, a new study published in the journal PLOS ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — In Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay, two populations are under threat: the iconic blue crab and the crabbers whose livelihoods have depended on this fishery for hundreds of years. This ...

HAMPTON, Va. — In a 4-1 vote, the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) reversed the decision to lift the ban on blue crab dredging this winter. The ban was originally lifted back in June in ...

WASHINGTON — The blue crab population in the Chesapeake Bay is at its second-lowest number in recorded history, dropping by 25% since last year. Still, an assessment of two states' surveys' results ...

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 ...

Crabs must molt because their hard, calcified exoskeleton cannot grow with them. Before molting, they reabsorb calcium and weaken their old shell from the inside. During ecdysis, they painfully pull ...