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Blue Crab

Hands holding up a blue crab — Hands holding up a blue crab. Courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

Blue crabs showing up in Maine

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The Corps of Engineers opened the Bonnet Carré Spillway twice in 2019 to divert flood waters headed down the Mississippi River toward New Orleans. Corps of Engineers photo.

Mississippi opens financial aid for fishermen affected by 2019 Bonnet Carré diversion

https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/4356c171c71c1840d93fb75123e891bd.jpg — Photo by Julia Kuzenkov: https://www.pexels.com/photo/ocean-under-cloudy-sky-1974521/

Volunteers pull 8,000 abandoned traps from Tampa Bay

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Kenny Heath sits on the engine box of the Thomas Jaiden with 27 bushels of blue crabs caught crab potting in the Chesapeake Bay out of Cape Charles, Virginia. Jay Fleming photos

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Back to the bay: Waterman returns to fishing after accident

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https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/42183f06b583c8ce884ce2b0288215ea.jpg — Photo by Mark Stebnicki: https://www.pexels.com/photo/bucket-of-gray-crabs-2252617/

Watermen find increase in Chesapeake crab limits conservative

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https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/ed01b1ac4d589220a4a1931bab1753e4.jpg — Photo by Jackie A: https://www.pexels.com/photo/sunset-at-the-lighthouse-15419859/

Making a name in Outer Banks seafood

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https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/a2c27e880b67318e9ec2f4b0e8744f96.jpg — Photo by Mark Stebnicki: https://www.pexels.com/photo/bucket-of-gray-crabs-2252617/

Long Island, N.Y., town targets crab poachers

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https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/4dd3e881a76f2ca54dca16a6062d585c.jpg — Blue crab courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

Chesapeake crab survey shows promise

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https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/43e6221951591d79bbb4dc3ace86af92.jpg — Blue Crab. Photo courtesy NOAA Fisheries and Chesapeake Bay Program

Va. considering increasing spring, fall crab catch limits

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Chesapeake Bay crab potters are catching their limit of 27-bushels in the bay this spring. Larry Chowning photo.

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Chesapeake Bay crab numbers jump after winter dredge survey

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https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/15fe26a34c687d0d6cad2feea3c4812a.jpg — Photo by John Chase

S.C. crabbers, state agency pushing for crabbing regulations

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