While crabbing varies across the country, it's becoming harder to pinpoint the invernal season's start due to major delays.

Maryland may cut the crab harvest by up to 40 percent to help restore the population in the Chesapeake Bay. To reduce the female crab harvest, crabbers may be limited in the number of bushels they can ...

Why Maryland chose the blue crab as its state crustacean, connecting Chesapeake Bay culture, watermen, and conservation ...

As the days grew longer and the water warmed, waterman Don Pierce readied his crab rig in the yard, much as he has each spring since 1975, when he started plying the Chesapeake Bay for blue crabs. But ...

FILE - Horseshoe crabs sit at Reeds Beach in Cape May Court House, N.J., June 13, 2023. Interstate fishing regulators are limiting the harvest of the primordial species of invertebrate to try to help ...

Horseshoe crabs have been around for 400 million years, but without protection, they could vanish from SC coast, ...

Will Harlan, a senior scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity, says since 2000, horseshoe crab populations have ...

Interstate fishing regulators are limiting the harvest of a primordial species of invertebrate to try to help rebuild its population and aid a threatened species of bird. Fishermen harvest horseshoe ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Interstate fishing regulators are limiting the harvest of a primordial species of invertebrate to try to help rebuild its population and aid a threatened species of bird.