Before you head out this weekend to crab in New Jersey, get your crabbing checklist ready. New Jersey’s blue crab season 2025 is underway and runs until Nov. 30 in most waters, with an extended season ...

New Jersey’s blue claw crab season for both soft and hard crabs is ongoing, with specific regulations and size limits. Soft shell blue claw crabs must be at least 3.5 inches from point to point and ...

Starting Jan. 19, Rhode Island fishermen will be allowed to catch blue crabs at night. The obscure ban was overturned by the General Assembly last year, allowing the Department of Environmental ...

This Saturday marks the opening of recreational Dungeness crab fishing for the 2025-2026 season in our area. Commercial Dungeness crabbing, scheduled to open Nov. 15, is likely to be delayed. In order ...

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 ...

North Carolina's blue crab population has been declining for over a decade, prompting regulators to consider new restrictions. Proposed restrictions include seasonal closures and catch limits, ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Environmental advocates are raising concerns over the continued decline of the Chesapeake Bay’s blue crab population, just as this year’s regulations on harvesting the species have been ...

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 ...