Growing up near the Chesapeake Bay taught me one fundamental truth about seafood: you can always tell when someone truly ...

The blue crab population in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay is among the lowest it's been in 35 years, but watermen say that doesn't necessarily mean crabs will cost you more this summer. A survey by the ...

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Blue crab populations in the Chesapeake Bay have taken a sizable hit in 2025, marking a need for more cautious harvest regulations, some environmentalists say. Each winter, the Maryland Department of ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — There’s an extraordinary shift happening in the Chesapeake Bay involving the swapping of two types of vital seagrasses which could reshape the largest estuary in the United ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The results of the Chesapeake Bay's latest blue crab winter dredge survey show the lowest number of male blue crabs and the second lowest number of total blue crabs ever recorded ...

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 ...

The winter surveys in Maryland and Virginia in 2025 estimated population drops of adult male and female crabs and juvenile crabs. The Chesapeake Bay blue crab could be experiencing a population crash ...

Following strong 2024 numbers, the blue crab population in the Chesapeake Bay has fallen to the second-lowest number in recent history, according to a new report shared by the Chesapeake Bay ...

The Chesapeake Bay’s blue crab population has fallen to its second-lowest level since 1990, down 25% from last year, according to an annual study published Thursday. The numbers are alarming, ...

Blue crab populations in Maryland and Virginia are facing a massive decline. According to results issued from the annual blue crab winter dredge survey conducted by the Virginia Institute of Marine ...