Blue Crabs

Guest host Ashley Sterner checks in on the Chesapeake Bay's ecosystem, and the animals that serve important ecological and commercial purposes for Maryland.

This year’s total abundance is the second lowest since the survey began in 1990. The lowest abundance was recorded in 2022.

One year after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed, WYPR examines how one business managed to stay afloat after declining the federal government’s help.

The grades are in. A report card on the health of the Chesapeake Bay goes beyond traditional indicators of nitrogen, phosphorus and water. It also reviews what’s going on with the people in the bay’s massive watershed.

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources workers are joined by Virginia’s state crew on boats searching the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries for blue crabs for an annual survey.

Grade is the same as the last report card in 2020 as Blue Crab population in Chesapeake Bay falls to lowest levels this century

Mike Luisi, acting director of Boating and Fishing Services for the MD Department of Natural Resources, discusses the reasons why blue crab numbers are dropping - and what's being done to turn things around.

Just in time for the Fourth of July weekend, EPA’s Chesapeake Bay Program has pronounced the bay’s blue crab stocks stable, not overfished and not in…

Although surveys conducted last winter showed the Chesapeake Bay’s blue crab population has held steady, fisheries managers are suggesting new…

State lawmakers are questioning the decision by Gov. Larry Hogan’s administration to fire the long-time manager of the state’s blue crab program. State…