Commercial Dungeness crabbing boats in Oregon have a three day window to set their traps before they can begin their harvest ...

Last year?s drought pushed the blue crabs high into the Chesapeake Bay?s tributaries, making them harder for crabbers to reach and leading to a smaller harvest. “A lot of the crabbers quit crabbing, ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Blue crab harvest limits proposed by the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries could increase ...

Although Long Beach crab has still not reached the 23 percent meat fill requirement, Oregon has decided to open up its ...

Dr. Alan Shanks has spent decades predicting Oregon's valuable Dungeness crab harvest by studying the baby crabs, with ...

Blue crab populations in the Chesapeake Bay took a sizable hit in 2025, marking a need for more cautious harvest regulations, some environmentalists say. Each winter, the Maryland Department of ...

A limit to the number of female crabs commercial crabbers can harvest in the early fall and an early closure to the crabbing season will help restore the dangerously low population levels, state ...

LAFITTE, La. - Gloom infects the hard-working shrimp and crab docks of this gritty fishing town as the second full year of fishing since BP's catastrophic oil spill kicks into high gear. Usually folks ...

A test fishery in 2026 will encourage harvesting of green crab, with potential for use as lobster bait and soil enrichment products ...