The findings by Smithsonian researchers could help experts better manage this crustacean's population. The creatures play ...

After consecutive years of poor striped bass reproduction, anglers and fisheries managers hope for a strong spring spawn. The ...

In an impressive 37-year-long investigation confirmed that the top—practically only—cause of death for young blue crabs was ...

A 37-year study in the Chesapeake Bay revealed that a major predator of young blue crabs might be their own kind ...

Researchers have published a nearly 40-year study documenting just how prevalent cannibalism is in the Chesapeake Bay’s blue ...

Invasive blue catfish are a growing problem for the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem; the U.S. House has passed a bill to encourage the use of Chesapeake blue catfish as pet and animal food.

A bipartisan bill aimed at tackling the growing problem of invasive blue catfish in the Chesapeake Bay has passed the U.S.

The Chesapeake Bay’s crabs are tearing themselves apart. A decades-long study of the blue crabs living along the Maryland ...

Young blue crabs face their biggest threat from their own kind, but shallow water can provide a crucial refuge from cannibalism.

WASHINGTON, D.C. / ACCESS Newswire / March 6, 2026 / The Menhaden Fisheries Coalition strongly criticizes the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Will Poston for exploiting the recent fish wash-up from Cape ...

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Mitigation Action and Watermen Support (MAWS) Act (H.R. 4294), known as the MAWS Act of 2026, on March 16, 2026, advancing a bipartisan initiative to ...

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Mitigation Action and Waterman Support (MAWS) Act, legislation designed to support the use of invasive blue catfish in pet food products, on 17 March.