Blue crab numbers are up in the Chesapeake Bay after a harsh winter killed more than 15 percent of the population, but the Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee urges Maryland and Virginia fisheries to be conservative in their harvests.

Last week, the assessment committee released its recommendations based on a report of the bay-wide winter dredge report to assess and estimate the current blue crab population.

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