RICHMOND — The commercial harvest of blue crabs has been extended in Virginia as the crab population trends upward. The Virginia Marine Resources Commission voted last week to approve the ...

Blue land crabs (which are not always blue) dig and live in land burrows but migrate to the ocean during "spawning season." ...

Blue crab populations in the Chesapeake Bay took a sizable hit in 2025, marking a need for more cautious harvest regulations, some environmentalists say.

A limit to the number of female crabs commercial crabbers can harvest in the early fall and an early closure to the crabbing season will help restore the dangerously low population levels, state ...

Last year?s drought pushed the blue crabs high into the Chesapeake Bay?s tributaries, making them harder for crabbers to reach and leading to a smaller harvest. "A lot of the crabbers quit ...

If you enjoy tossing a line or pot out for blue crabs, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) wants you to be aware of a few changes coming to the fishery in 2025.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – Virginia state regulators with the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) voted to reopen the winter harvesting season for blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay in a 5-4 ...

Virginia crabber Ty Farrington [Close to Home, July 13] asserted that regulation changes aimed at reducing the Chesapeake Bay blue crab harvest were unjustified and that crabs "have always come ...

The Chesapeake Bay might have a new resident, thanks to warming waters and successful habitat restoration. Blue crabs are the ...

RICHMOND, Va. – The commercial harvest of blue crabs has been extended in Virginia as the crab population trends upward. The Virginia Marine Resources Commission voted last week to approve the ...

Blue crab populations in the Chesapeake Bay took a sizable hit in 2025, marking a need for more cautious harvest regulations, some environmentalists say.