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 ...

According to our fishing editor, summer isn’t complete until you hit the shore with the family and haul in a bushel or two of blue-claw crabs ...

Italians are fighting an invasion of predatory blue crabs with an attitude borne of centuries of culinary making do: If you can't beat them, eat them. Fishermen, lobbying groups and ...

In many of America's freshwater regions blue catfish are held in pretty high esteem. They grow fast, are plenty strong when ...

As the weather warms and summer nears, more of us will buy old turkey necks, some line or pots and head toward a coastal creek to try to catch enough blue crabs for cakes, dip, soup and other ...

The predatory blue crabs are devouring stocks of eels, clams, and mussels and wreaking havoc on fishing nets.

Chef Scott Harrison of Boatyard Bar & Grill in Annapolis, Md., has taken on a dual mission in recent years: aid in restoration of the Chesapeake Bay by elevating the invasive blue catfish as a ...

South Carolina began regulating blue crabs in the early 20th century, first by requiring a $5 blue crab fishing license in 1924 (about $86 today), but it hasn’t made any substantive changes to ...

Recreational and commercial blue crab traps in all waters of the St. Johns River system must be removed from the water before Jan. 16, the first day of a 10-day trap closure, the FWC said in a ...

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 ...