This week, WTOP takes you from the bottom of the bay to the picnic table in our four-part series Claws and Effect: The murky future of the Chesapeake Bay blue crab. Listen on air and read it online.

Crabs are invading Italian waters and threatening the local fishing economy – potentially jeopardising the global supply of clams in the process. Atlantic blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) are native ...

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 extension ...

In 2021, blue crab landings in South Carolina reached a 50-year low. This was no surprise. Commercial and recreational crabbers have long complained about dwindling catches. For two decades, ...

The blue crab represents Maryland’s culture, economy, and long relationship with the Chesapeake Bay. Its population reflects the health of the bay and the effects of fishing and habitat management.

They are an iconic sight and calling card for the North Carolina coast, popular with children to try and catch and adults to eat. But like the state's oysters and flounder fisheries, blue crabs in the ...