Following a strong 2024 numbers, the blue crab population in the Chesapeake Bay has fallen to the second-lowest number in recent history, according to a new report.

With crab season underway, an annual survey of Bay crabs shows the crab population is at its second lowest level since the report was first released in 1990. Some contend the Old Bay-encrusted summer ...

The survey found "decreases in the abundance of adult male and female crabs, as well as a decline in the juvenile population, ...

The Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey found the population at its second-lowest since 1990.

Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey has revealed an all-time low population. Here's what you need to know about the ...

Some seafood stores are scrambling to keep crabs in stock, like at Gibby's Seafood in Timonium, where crabs are running out the door.

Total estimated abundance for 2025 is the second lowest in the history of the survey, since it started in 1990. The lowest ...

Patricia Wells first sampled a variation of this crab salad as part of a luxurious dish served at Pic, a restaurant in Valence, where Anne Sophie Pic is following in the family's august culinary ...

Blue crab populations fell again, hitting the second-lowest number since Virginia and Maryland marine scientists began counting in 1990, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources said.