Starting Jan. 19, Rhode Island fishermen will be allowed to catch blue crabs at night. The obscure ban was overturned by the General Assembly last year, allowing the Department of Environmental ...

This article was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. The number of blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay ...

The Marine Fisheries Commission is expected to consider adopting more restrictions on the commercial harvest of blue crabs, a move the N.C. Carolina Coastal Counties Fisheries Coalition opposes.

GLOUCESTER COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A new study shows that the total number of blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay has declined over the past year, despite harvest limits introduced in 2008 to help buoy the ...

Italians are fighting an invasion of predatory blue crabs with an attitude borne of centuries of culinary making do: If you can't beat them, eat them.Fishermen, lobbying groups and environmentalists ...

PALATKA, Fla. — After recent complaints about high prices and fewer attractions, the Blue Crab Festival is making a comeback in Palatka, but this time, it’s under new leadership. City officials have ...

Here’s another entry for “activities you probably didn’t realize were illegal in Rhode Island”: Fishing for blue crabs at night. Since the 1930s, recreational fishermen have been banned from catching ...

This is nearly impossible to imagine right now with the entire continent gripped by a once-a-decade 'polar vortex.' but in about six months, we'll all be crying, moaning and cursing about the ...

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 ...

Chef Scott Harrison of Boatyard Bar & Grill in Annapolis, Md., has taken on a dual mission in recent years: aid in restoration of the Chesapeake Bay by elevating the invasive blue catfish as a ...