NEWPORT NEWS, Va. —  Virginia regulators on Tuesday reinstituted a ban on dredging blue crabs during the winter months to try to help rebuild their numbers in the Chesapeake Bay. The century-old winter harvest involves the dragging of steel-toothed dredges ...

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EASTON — The leaders of two Maryland watermen’s groups say they support a new approach to managing Chesapeake Bay blue crab stocks that focuses on how many females are in the bay. A federal assessment released this week recommends tracking ...

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Big male crabs fetch the highest prices, but when it comes to ensuring the Chesapeake Bay will continue to produce those No. 1 males, researchers are increasingly paying attention to how many females are harvested. A new assessment released Tuesday ...

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