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Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey has revealed an all-time low population. Here's what you need to know about the ...
The study estimates that there are only 238 million of the crabs in the bay today, a collapse of 79 million, or nearly a ...
This year’s total estimated abundance of 238 million crabs is the second lowest in the history of the survey, which has operated since 1990 ...
Following a strong 2024 numbers, the blue crab population in the Chesapeake Bay has fallen to the second-lowest number in recent history, according to a new report.
The annual survey by Maryland and Virginia found that the blue crab population in the Chesapeake has dropped to the second ...
The survey found "decreases in the abundance of adult male and female crabs, as well as a decline in the juvenile population, ...
Blue crab abundance in the Chesapeake Bay this year was at its second-lowest level since winter dredge surveys began in 1990.
Blue crab populations fell again, hitting the second-lowest number since Virginia and Maryland marine scientists began counting in 1990, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources said.
According to this year's dredge survey, which counts Maryland blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay, there is about a 25% decline ...
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The results of the Chesapeake Bay's latest blue crab winter dredge survey show the lowest number of ...
The annual survey of Chesapeake Bay blue crabs shows the crab population is at its second lowest level since the report was ...