Crabs 101: A guide to cooking, eating and enjoying Maryland's most famous shellfish
First in a three-part series on crabs.
Soft-Shell Crab Celebration coming to Baltimore restaurants
Some dozen Baltimore restaurants will be adding special soft-shell crab specials to their menus for Baltimore's fifth annual Soft-Shell Crab Celebration.
Chesapeake Bay grasses decline for third year
Vital shelter for crabs, fish at lowest level in 36 years.
Drop in Bay's crab population to bring new catch curbs
With a new survey finding the Chesapeake Bay's crab population at its lowest level in five years after a poor spawn last year, Maryland officials announced Friday they would move to tighten catch...
Maryland's blue crab season will likely have a slow start
April 1 is the official start to the blue crab harvest in Maryland. But don't reach for your mallet just yet.
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