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 ...

Summer is a great time to forage for invasive species for your supper, or dessert, including green crabs, periwinkles, ...

a mid-Atlantic delicacy that becomes available when Chesapeake Bay blue crabs molt from their hard shells each year. D.C. chefs prepare the spring-to-early summer specialty all sorts of ways, like ...

No matter how you look at them, lobsters are fascinating creatures and essential members of the ocean. They have been ...

Seafood harvesters with Bangs Islands Mussels have been raising blue mussels in Maine’s Casco ... Masi has started to figure out when the crabs molt, thus becoming soft-shell crabs that are ...

The wood-paneled walls serve as a gallery for nautical treasures – mounted fish caught in eternal mid-swim, vintage photographs documenting decades of big catches, and maritime artwork that transforms ...

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

Vietnamese street food is known for being balanced and fresh—but today, we go to the extreme. Join me as I try deep-fried soft shell crabs, harvested just after molting and dunked in heaps of oil for ...

The number of adult female, male and juvenile crabs in the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland and Virginia raises concern for experts.

Blue crab abundance in the Chesapeake Bay this year was at its second-lowest level since winter dredge surveys began in 1990.

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 ...