The latest winter dredge survey from The Maryland Department of Natural Resources released Monday reports crab populations are up almost half from what they were last year. The Chesapeake Bay Blue ...

A recent report detailed a 50 percent drop in juvenile Chesapeake blue crabs since 2010. Then, a survey found a surprising ...

Blue crab populations in Maryland and Virginia's Chesapeake Bay are seeing an increase, the Maryland Department of Natural ...

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 ...

For the last five years, populations of juvenile blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay had struggled to thrive. From 2010 to 2023, ...

The latest dredge survey indicates growth in Maryland's blue crab population, according to the Department of Natural ...

The Chesapeake Bay’s blue crab population increased significantly in 2026, according to the annual winter dredge survey ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Environmental advocates are raising concerns over the continued decline of the Chesapeake Bay’s blue crab population, just as this year’s regulations on harvesting the species have been ...

Juvenile crabs rely on shrinking shallow-water habitats as a refuge to escape cannibalism by adults, say American scientists. Cannibalism is the No. 1 killer of juvenile blue crabs in mid-salinity ...

Scientists say there is some encouraging news for Chesapeake Bay blue crabs this year after six consecutive years of below-average juvenile populations.

Once there was a superabundance of horseshoe crabs; armadas of females blanketed the beaches of the Delaware Bayshore. Through the 1990s, New Jersey’s horseshoe crab breeding and coinciding red knot ...

GLOUCESTER — The Chesapeake Bay might have a new resident, thanks to warming waters and successful habitat restoration. Blue crabs are the typical catch in local waters. But crabbers on the bay have ...