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.

ONE of our more exciting Farm House expeditions is a Blue Crab Hunt. Blue crabs are our largest, crab. The shells measure six to seven inches across their longest diameter. Horseshoe crabs don’t count ...

Perhaps one of the last commercially important species that is still harvested from the St. Johns River is the blue crab. According to the St Johns River Report, over 1.2 million pounds valued at $3.1 ...

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 ...

The 2025 Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey estimates 238 million blue crabs, a decrease from 317 million in 2024 and the second lowest on record. The survey revealed distressing declines ...