Remove large claws and break in half at joint. Cut crab body in half and then into four. In a 1½-gallon stockpot, place crabs and outer shells with 1 gallon water.

Rocky lifts a crab pot — essentially a large wire cage — from the water while Billy sorts the crabs by size. Rice says that he and his son have about 300 crab pots.

Our area's diamondback terrapins face threats from poaching and drowning in crab traps. Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation is tracking the turtles and offering free bycatch reduction devices.

On the chalkboard menu at Crabtowne USA, a fantastic sports bar in the Baltimore suburb of Glen Burnie, a dozen large, steamed male crabs were advertised for $100.

At Little Dom’s Seafood, Boudet has a few uses for tinned crab. He adds it to seafood gumbo and seafood pot pie, and folds it into a lemon mascarpone pappardelle.

"Occasional sightings of the large crabs have been reported in South Carolina since 2008. The first confirmed blue land crab sighting in North Carolina occurred in summer of 2023," according to ...

The commission will respond to the petition within the next two weeks, per state law. “Diamondback terrapins are drowning in blue crab pots every day, even though there’s a simple, low cost ...

Blue Crab harvesting laws change coming in 2025. ... If you need to retrofit an older crab pot, plastic escape rings are available for $1 at many tackle shops and are easy to install.