Tal Petty and his wife Na Petty operate Hollywood Oyster Company, a 300-acre aquaculture farm on the Patuxent River in ...

North Carolina's blue crab harvest dropped to a historic low of 9.5 million pounds in 2022. State officials are considering new restrictions, including harvest cutbacks, to help the declining crab ...

What has four claws and is excited to be a species that’s new to science? This little porcelain crab, of course! Image: CSIRO-Cindy Bessey. Two thousand feet below the surface of Western Australia’s ...

Undersea cables are the big arteries to our energy grid. But apparently, they can also affect marine life. According to a new study, the cables act as an irresistible lure for female shore crabs, ...

Egg-eating worms living on Chesapeake Bay blue crabs may hold the key to smarter fishery management. Once thought to be a threat, these parasites actually serve as natural biomarkers that reveal when ...

A potentially invasive crab species has landed in coastal South Carolina, from Hilton Head, though the Charleston area and up to Myrtle Beach. State regulators are asking the public to report ...

GLOUCESTER — The Chesapeake Bay might have a new resident, thanks to warming waters and successful habitat restoration. Blue crabs are the typical catch in local waters. But crabbers on the bay have ...

Crabbing may not be the most glamorous type of sportfishing today, but it’s one with a long tradition in North America. And, especially along the Texas Gulf Coast, it’s still a popular way to spend ...

Blue land crabs are edible and are a food source in the Bahamas and the Caribbean. In Florida, harvesting blue land crabs is prohibited from July 1 through Oct. 31. Blue land crabs can be caught by ...

On a mild Tuesday afternoon in late spring, Johnathan Malveaux and Shalonda Thompson tied six chicken legs onto strings and tossed each one into Clam Lake. Wearing bright red T-shirts and athletic ...

This video is no longer available. Fans of Maryland blue crabs have known they have been difficult to find in recent years, and that many of the crabs at fish markets and restaurants are from North ...

Numerous crab houses in and near Delaware offer various dining experiences, from all-you-can-eat specials to crabs sold by the dozen. Prices for crabs fluctuate based on size and market availability, ...