Starting Jan. 19, Rhode Island fishermen will be allowed to catch blue crabs at night. The obscure ban was overturned by the General Assembly last year, allowing the Department of Environmental ...

Here’s another entry for “activities you probably didn’t realize were illegal in Rhode Island”: Fishing for blue crabs at night. Since the 1930s, recreational fishermen have been banned from catching ...

Marylanders and visitors love the blue crab as a seafood delicacy, but they chose it as the state crustacean for more than ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – South Carolina has added several modifications to its blue crab fishing rules set to take effect in 2025 to preserve the blue crab population. The state Department of Natural ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) — Changes are coming for South Carolina’s crabbing industry as new sustainability-focused regulations are set to take effect July 1. State lawmakers approved a sweeping set of ...

As of this week, local blue crabbers are adjusting to new regulations. Officials are now enforcing a state law passed last year to protect the blue crab population. But some local fishermen think the ...

JAMES ISLAND, S.C. (WCSC) - The state recorded a record low of blue crab numbers last year, but a bill that is currently going through legislation could change that. The South Carolina Department of ...

Lance Nacio, of Anne Marie Shrimp of Montegut, Louisiana, uses a stick to measure a blue crab in the Barataria Basin between the Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers on Jan. 23, 2024. Roseate spoonbills ...

Beaufort native Brett Everett races across the glassy surface of the Morgan River in a 22-foot boat on a muggy 71-degree morning, using the Lowcountry waterway to drive deep into the salt marshes. But ...