Invasive green crab found on San Juan Island by citizen science volunteers
Earlier this week in Westcott Bay, San Juan Island, a team of volunteer monitors caught an invasive green crab, marking the first confirmation of this global invader in Washington’s inland waters. read...
View ArticleStone crab claw season opens Oct. 15 in state, federal waters
Florida’s recreational and commercial stone crab claw harvest season opens Oct. read more
View ArticleNew blue crab pot escape ring regulations take effect
The North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries is reminding fishermen that an additional escape ring will be required in crab pots beginning Jan. read more
View Article2017 Blue Crab Advisory Report Released
In a report released today, the Chesapeake Bay Program encouraged the jurisdictions that manage the Bay’s blue crab fisheries to maintain a risk-averse approach as they set regulations in 2017. The...
View Article2018 Blue Crab Advisory Report Released
The annual Blue Crab Advisory Report, released today by the Chesapeake Bay Program and developed by the Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee, finds that the overall Chesapeake Bay blue crab...
View ArticleOnce in a blue moon: crabber catches rare all-blue blue crab
The crab caught by local crabbers Jim McInteer and Alan Payne is completely blue. read more
View ArticleSeafood Processor Pleads Guilty to Selling Foreign Crab Meat Falsely Labeled...
James R. Casey of Poquoson, Virginia, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Newport News, Virginia, on charges that he led a lucrative conspiracy to falsely label millions of dollars worth of...
View ArticleVIMS reaches out to crabbers for guidance on derelict pots
Researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science are using a mail survey to ask local crabbers to share their opinions and experiences related to commercial hard crabbing and derelict, or...
View ArticleSeafood Processor Sentenced to 45 Months for Selling Foreign Crab Meat...
On January 10, 2019, James R. Casey of Poquoson, Virginia, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Raymond A. Jackson, in Norfolk, Virginia, to 45 months in prison and a $15,000 fine for his role in...
View ArticleBlue crab stock healthy with above average abundance
From L: Captain Durand Ward, Mike Seebo, and Kathleen Knick prepare to deploy the crab dredge from the R/V Bay Eagle at a site in the York River.read more
View Article2019 Blue Crab Advisory Report Released
The annual Blue Crab Advisory Report, released today by the Chesapeake Bay Program and developed by the Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee, finds that the overall Chesapeake Bay blue crab...
View ArticleReminder of the Current Blue Crab Harvest Regulations
At its September 6, 2018 meeting, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission adopted a Notice of Intent to change regulations for the recreational and commercial harvest of blue crabs in 2019....
View ArticleStone crab season opens Oct. 15, new recreational trap requirements
Recreational harvesters who are age 16 and older and fish with traps are now required to complete an online, no-cost recreational stone crab trap registration and place their registration number on...
View ArticleNew blue crab management measures implemented
New blue crab management measures will go into effect May 1 in North Carolina state waters. The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission approved the measures to end overfishing and achieve sustainable harvest...
View Article2020 Blue Crab Advisory Report Released
The blue crab population in the Bay—which varies naturally from year to year—decreased from 594 million in 2019 to 405 million in 2020. read more
View Article2021 Blue Crab Advisory Report Released
Experts from the Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee reviewed the results from the annual Bay-wide Winter Dredge Survey (released in May 2021 by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and...
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