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Blue Crab
The action item to consider new management strategies under the Blue Crab Fishery Management Plan Amendment 3 has been taken off the table. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock
NC fishermen challenge proposed blue crab cuts
Carli Stewart
Crab pots collected from North Carolina’s inland waters. Photo courtesy of N.C. Coastal Federation
NC lost gear recovery effort pulls more than 2000 pots
NF Staff
Photo courtesy of daybydayphotography/ Shutterstock
Worms could help save Chesapeake Bay’s blue crabs
Carli Stewart
This 1982 aluminum 42-footer was one of the first aluminum deadrise boats built on Chesapeake Bay in Deltaville, Va by Delta Marine. It is still working in Virginia's crab pot fishery today. Larry Chowning photo.
Maryland’s aluminum deadrise pioneers
Larry Chowning
A blue crab caught along with oysters harvested using a power dredge in the waters north of Deal Island, Md. Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program photo.
With Chesapeake crab numbers down, researchers focus beyond fishing pressure
NF Staff
The 2022 Chesapeake Bay blue crab dredge survey showed an historic low for crabs in the bay. Results from the annual winter survey now show 2025 will have the second lowest population estimate. Larry Chowning photo.
Survey shows Chesapeake crab population second lowest since 1990
NF Staff
N.C. blue crabbers are left waiting and worrying as state regulators float new restrictions on the fishery. Photo by Brittany Mason / Shutterstock
Tensions rise over blue crab fishery plan
Carli Stewart
The Virginia Marine Resources Commission voted Oct. 28 to keep the winter crab dredge fishery closed in 2024-25. Larry Chowning photo.
Virginia keeps ban on winter crab dredging
Larry Chowning
Photo by NOAA Fisheries
S.C. blue crabber says quarry ‘mean as hell’
NF Aggregator
The Virginia Marine Resources Commission is expected to extend a ban on crab dredging after a public hearing in October. Larry Chowning photo.
VMRC advertises to ban winter crab dredging
Larry Chowning
Virginia’s Crab Management Advisory Committee recommended that the state Marine Resources Commission not reopen the crab dredge fishery. Larry Chowning photo.
Virginia crab advisors recommend against winter dredge season
Larry Chowning
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