Blue crab decline. Re “Study shows Bay blue crabs on decline” (A2, July 5): The July 5 story focused mainly on blue catfish ...
BALTIMORE — The Chesapeake Bay’s blue crab population saw an increase this year, despite still facing a concerning decline over the past decade, according to a news release Thursday from the ...
American blue crabs, famed for their presence in coastal cuisine, are now making an alarming, unprecedented journey deep into ...
The Chesapeake Bay's most popular crustacean has a dark streak. Cannibalism is the No. 1 killer of juvenile blue crabs in mid-salinity waters where they are known to congregate, according to a new ...
Blue crab populations in Maryland and Virginia's Chesapeake Bay are seeing an increase, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources reports.
The Chesapeake Bay Program has released its final blue crab stock assessment, revealing a concerning long-term decline in the Bay’s blue crab population. The report, based on more than 20 years of ...
It began when a local fisherman reported a new kind of crustacean showing up in his traps, said rising senior Reuben Siegel. “He wanted to know why blue crabs were starting to appear and what this ...
A female blue crab with an acoustic telemetry tag on its shell. Scientists at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center use telemetry tags to track the migration of blue crabs throughout the ...
Dr. David Johnson, an ecologist at William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science, has spent more than 20 years in salt marshes, at sites all along the U.S. East and Gulf coasts. But while ...
Our favorite crab recipes include perfect Baltimore-style crab cakes, fried soft-shell crab, brioche crab melts, crab gumbo, ...