WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Blue crab harvest limits proposed by the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries could increase seafood prices for Cape Fear area customers, according to local restaurant ...

Blue crabs are plentiful in the Indian and Halifax Rivers and can be caught using traps with chicken necks. The Halifax Sport Fishing Club is hosting a free "Merry Fishmas" kids fishing event on ...

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 ...

PALATKA, Fla. — After recent complaints about high prices and fewer attractions, the Blue Crab Festival is making a comeback in Palatka, but this time, it’s under new leadership. City officials have ...

PANACEA, Fla. (WCTV) - There was a lot of fun in the sun in Wakulla County for the 48th Annual Blue Crab Festival on Saturday. People lined up at Woolley Park for the celebration with vendors, live ...

If you’re a normal person, your favorite part of a crab is the tender meat housed within its shell. You like crab claws, crabcakes, crab soup, and all of the other socially acceptable crabmeat ...

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 ...

This stone crab surprised crabbers in Chesapeake Bay when it turned up in one of their blue crab traps recently. It is one of the first stone crabs ever documented inside the Chesapeake. Courtesy ...

Over the summer, crabbers in Chesapeake Bay pulled up four funny looking creatures. They were not the bay’s normal, skinny blue crabs, but instead, chunky stone crabs, the delectable crustaceans whose ...

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 ...