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Eat catfish, save the blue crab: How Chesapeake Bay restaurants are helping save the iconic crustacean

Chef Scott Harrison of Boatyard Bar & Grill in Annapolis, Md., has taken on a dual mission in recent years: aid in restoration of the Chesapeake Bay by elevating the invasive blue catfish as a ...

Claws, Culture, and Coastlines: How the Blue Crab Became Maryland’s State Crustacean

Marylanders and visitors love the blue crab as a seafood delicacy, but they chose it as the state crustacean for more than ...
New Times Broward-Palm Beach

Shell Games: The Ins and Outs of Eating Crab in South Florida

To view a slideshow from the Rustic Inn, click here. Fenton Stanley Ridgeway III hunches over a stack of Maryland-style blue crabs at Riggins Crabhouse in Lantana. He’s dismantling the crabs like a ...
Science Daily

Egg-eating worms could be the secret to saving Chesapeake Bay’s blue 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 ...