After a decade-long ban, the potential revival of crab harvesting in the Delaware Bay poses a threat to shorebirds, naturalists say. By Jon Hurdle For the first time in 10 years, a fisheries regulator ...

<p><br>There are more mature crabs in the Chesapeake Bay now than there have been since 1994, according to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, and the agency says it knows why.<P> It's not ...

In the past, estimates have used the independent harvest measures from DNR surveys combined with harvest reports from watermen.<P> Brenda Davis, program manager for DNR's blue crab program, said the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Virginia state regulators removed an important protection for the blue crab Tuesday when they narrowly approved reopening the ...

Conservationists are cheering a decision to prevent next year’s harvest of female horseshoe crabs, which will also help the threatened red knot. When the spring high tides strike, tens of thousands of ...

CRABBER IN ABERDEEN FOR HIS TAKE ON THIS ISSUE. NOBODY LIKES THE IDEA OF WINTER DREDGING, AND THAT INCLUDES THE STAFF OF THE COMMISSION LOOKING INTO IT. ONE IMPORTANT BUT HARD TO DETERMINE AT THIS ...