In the back of their shop, several baskets filled with dozens of blue crabs. Aside from buying, they also go crabbing themselves. Still, the last few years have been hard for business, ...

The blue crab population in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay is among the lowest it's been in 35 years, but watermen say this won't ...

In Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay, two populations are under threat: the iconic blue crab and the crabbers whose livelihoods ...

Green crabs, spider crabs, hermit crabs — all are seen; but no blue crabs. Somebody states that this year there are no blue crabs. Then comes the cry, “Crab, ho!” ...

Beaufort’s cherished blue crab is ‘mean as hell.’ But crabbers love catching them ... He drops mature crabs with more meat into a wooden basket. Smaller crabs are tossed overboard.

Prepare crab cakes, gumbo, and more with the beautiful savory swimmer. Matt Taylor-Gross / Food Styling by Barrett Washburne Blue crabs are named for their colorful shells that only add to the ...

Lee ‘Lucky’ Alewine, left, prepares to refrigerate their blue crab catch at Rusty Crabs on Sept. 20, 2024, as William Beveridge moves bushels of crabs from the boat to be sold to a vendor on ...

Soft-shell blue crabs scurry around a bushel basket after being collected in dozens of David Richardson’s crab pots that dot the Cooper River on March 30, 2023. File/Grace Beahm Alford/Staff.

WASHINGTON — The blue crab population in the Chesapeake Bay is at its second-lowest number in recorded history, dropping by 25% since last year. Still, an assessment of two states' surveys ...

Blue crabs fill a fisherman's basket during a display promoting local seafood in Bucktown, a harbor with a long history of local seafood on Lake Pontchartrain.

Marylanders take much pride in the delicate, rich flavor of Maryland blue crabs dredged from the Chesapeake Bay. Get a true taste of Maryland at the best places to eat steamed crabs and crab cakes ...