On July 10, 2025, the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs and Lancaster Stormers split a doubleheader at Penn Medicine Park in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, as part of the Atlantic League of Professional ...

CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — As of this week, local blue crabbers are adjusting to new regulations. Officials are now enforcing a state law passed last year to protect the blue crab ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) — Changes are coming for South Carolina’s crabbing industry as new sustainability-focused regulations are set to take effect July 1. State lawmakers approved a s… ...

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 ...

Blue crab populations in the Chesapeake Bay dropped to the second-lowest number on record, according to a recent survey from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.

A vehicle crash involving a van hauling barrels of blue crabs temporarily closed Interstate 64 early Thursday morning after the crustaceans were scattered all over the roadway.

Blue crabs spilled across Interstate 64 West in New Kent County Thursday morning following a crash, which the sheriff’s office deemed a “crab-tastrophe.” ...

A van carrying blue crabs crashed on I-64 West near mile marker 206, releasing crustaceans onto the interstate and causing temporary road closure.

Soft shell blue claw crabs, or shedder crabs, must be at least 3.5 inches from point to point and there is a limit of one bushel a day per person.

The Chesapeake Bay blue crab could be experiencing a population crash on par with the early 2000s, when experts feared the prized mid-Atlantic species was at risk of hitting unrecoverable levels.

Following a 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.

The 2025 Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey has revealed an all-time low population. Here's what you need to know about the decline.