The blue crab, the most vigorously pursued shellfish in the Chesapeake Bay, got no relief Monday from the Virginia Marine Resources Commission. The commission declined to limit the number of ”peeler” ...

As expected, Maryland’s 2002 blue crab harvest fell below the previous year’s catch, but was above the record lows of two years ago, according to preliminary state figures. Through the end of November ...

TANGIER SOUND, Md. — Dwight Marshall hoists his crab pot onto the deck of the Miss Marshall and opens the hatch. Inside are half a dozen jellyfish, a few blades of grass and four scurrying peeler ...

One local delicacy seafood is quite popular in the Lowcountry this time of year. Soft-shell crabs, or female blue crabs, are being caught, sold and cooked in homes and restaurants along the state’s ...

TANGIER SOUND — Dwight Marshall hoists his crab pot onto the deck of the Miss Marshall and opens the hatch. Inside are a half-dozen jellyfish, a few blades of grass and four scurrying peeler crabs.

Got an e-mail this past week from a reader who wanted to know where the name "Jimmy" came from relative to blue crabs. I have always heard that the larger males blue crabs were referred to as "Jimmies ...