"We fight this blue crab, but he is stronger than us because there are so many of them." Experts recommend public eat crab species that could put fishing industry at risk: 'An animal of unacceptable ...

With no wind to speak of, the water was calm along a pier on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. And with no clouds to speak of, the sun beat down on Xuqing Chen as she filled a mesh cage with oysters on a hot ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The blue crab is so named because of its sapphire-tinted claws. Its shell, or carapace, is actually a mottled brownish color, and ...

Professor Jeffrey Shields and Postdoctoral Research Associate Megan Tomamichel deploy a floating cage containing one of the experimental groups of juvenile crabs and oysters. Oysters famously filter ...

GLOUCESTER — The Chesapeake Bay might have a new resident, thanks to warming waters and successful habitat restoration. Blue crabs are the typical catch in local waters. But crabbers on the bay have ...

Blue land crabs are edible and are a food source in the Bahamas and the Caribbean. In Florida, harvesting blue land crabs is prohibited from July 1 through Oct. 31. Blue land crabs can be caught by ...