Virginia’s regulators took a significant step on Tuesday to maintain the ban on the winter blue crab harvest, ensuring the continuation of protections for a struggling keystone species.

Fallout from a controversial decision in Virginia to lift a 15-year ban on harvesting blue crabs in the winter with heavy dredges has amplified tensions between states about how to manage the ...

Proposed limits on the commercial harvest of blue crabs faces critics who say the management plan amendment is based on a ...

A proposal to keep diamondback terrapins from drowning when trapped in Chesapeake Bay crab pots is sparking angry objections from watermen.

Conservation groups today filed a petition asking the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to adopt regulations that would protect diamondback terrapins from drowning in blue crab pots. Diamondback ...

From mussels and menhaden to oysters and crabs, they aren’t picky ... pulls out fresh caught blue catfish at their location in Hampton, Virginia, on March 19, 2025. Blue catfish is invasive ...