ANNAPOLIS — An annual report has found the overall population of blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay has declined and it recommends limiting the number harvested in the fall. The annual Blue Crab Advisory Report was released Monday. It was ...

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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Virginia watermen are getting an extra two weeks to harvest blue crabs from the Chesapeake Bay. The Virginia Marine Resources Commission voted unanimously Monday to extend the harvest through Dec. 15. The Virginian-Pilot reports that the ...

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Deciding among the crab offerings at the supermarket can be daunting. Jumbo lump, backfin or claw? Chesapeake, Gulf or Indonesian? Competition is tough when it comes to the packaged blue crab meat many associate with the Chesapeake Bay but which ...

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QUEENSTOWN — Watermen often haul blue crabs out of the Chesapeake Bay by the bushel — but a purple crab? Queenstown waterman Jake Marzucco told The Star-Democrat of Easton that he recently netted the uniquely colored crab and took photos ...

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SALISBURY — An Eastern Shore seafood company is partnering in an effort to ensure the sustainability of Asian crab harvests. Salisbury-based Handy International says is working with a dozen other U.S. importers of crabmeat from Indonesia and the Philippines. The ...

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RICHMOND, Va. — The Environmental Protection Agency outlined a plan Wednesday to restore the Chesapeake Bay, calling the 64,000-square-mile water pollution control project the largest ever undertaken in the United States. The restoration plan involves individual agreements with six states ...

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RICHMOND, Va. — The Chesapeake Bay is showing encouraging signs of improvement but remains afflicted with dead zones, fish kills and pollution, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation said Tuesday in its State of the Bay Report. The report notes improvements since ...

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