The Chesapeake Bay blue crab season officially opens on April 1, 2025, ushering in a beloved Maryland tradition that runs through December 15. For recreational crabbers, this marks the start of prime ...

Some of the Chesapeake Bay’s top chefs will face off on May 3, 2025, at the inaugural Chesapeake Catfish Cookoff, ...

If you’re a seasoned crabber or thinking of trying your hand at it, here are some things to know from the Maryland Department ...

“And when you open up the bellies on these catfish, you see 20, 30, 40 crabs in the belly at one time. So how many times a day are they doing that?” Blue catfish, unlike most other Chesapeake ...

"We the people that live in the Chesapeake watershed mainly ... the more feisty --- and active --- are the blue crabs for which the bay is famous. Pierce loves his work -- and is good at it.

Federal lawmakers are renewing a push to create a Chesapeake National Recreation Area, a designation that would bring parts ...

Keisha Sedlacek is the federal director for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and ... anything including native species like oysters, blue crabs, striped bass, and menhaden. These fish can grow ...