This closure gives groups, authorized by the FWC, time to identify and retrieve lost and abandoned blue crab traps from the water. “And with that, we’re able to keep the waterways clean ...

My Italian is not great, but I know gastronomy words and a blue crab when I see one. As it turns out, the crabs had probably crossed the Atlantic as stowaways in the ballast water on barge ships ...

soft-shell “peeler” crabs, or past overharvesting of clams and the subsequent loss of their water-cleansing ability. Fueling the uncertainty for both blue and stone crabs: a big portion of the ...

The regulations will also come with stricter possession limits: Blue crabs are more active at night, and fishermen in neighboring Massachusetts often wade in shallow water with headlamps and nets ...