The Chesapeake Bay’s blue crab population has fallen to its second-lowest level since 1990, down 25% from last year, according to an annual study published Thursday. The numbers are alarming, ...
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The results of the Chesapeake Bay's latest blue crab winter dredge survey show the lowest number of male blue crabs and the second lowest number of total blue crabs ever recorded ...
The winter surveys in Maryland and Virginia in 2025 estimated population drops of adult male and female crabs and juvenile crabs. The Chesapeake Bay blue crab could be experiencing a population crash ...
Blue crabs from the Lynnhaven River in Virginia Beach in May 2025. (Photo by Katherine Hafner/WHRO) For the last five years, ...
Blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay have dropped to a “distressing low” number, experts say, marking several years of repeated declines and raising concern about their long-term health. The estimated ...
Blue crab populations in Maryland and Virginia are seeing a significant increase, a Chesapeake Bay survey shows.
Blue crab population booms in Chesapeake Bay by 100 million, report finds ...
One of blue crabs' biggest threats seems to be members of their own species. Jarek Tuszyński via Wikimedia Commons under CC-BY-3.0 Young blue crabs find refuge from many predators in the mid-salinity ...
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