If you enjoy tossing a line or pot out for blue crabs, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) wants you to be aware of a few changes coming to the fishery in 2025. Is it legal to ...

SULLIVAN’S ISLAND, S.C. (WCSC) - A new set of substantial laws working against the overexploitation of blue crab fisheries may leave some young crabbers in a pinch. Gavin Parker is a young crab ...

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 news ...

ATLANTA— Conservation groups today filed a petition asking the Georgia Department of Natural Resources to adopt regulations that would protect diamondback terrapins from drowning in blue crab pots.

NORFOLK, Va. — The U.S. government is launching a new program to combat the scourge of abandoned crab and lobster traps, which can dilute harvests and kill other fish in coastal waters from Maine to ...

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 ...

The objective of this project was to design and complete lab and field tests of a “terrapin release hatch” to be used on commercial-style crab traps in the extensive blue crab fishery along the ...

How many blue crabs are in our river? A whole bunch. And you can even find some on a "farm" in Oak Hill, where you can pick ...

A petition filed by environmental groups is asking the state for regulations on crab pots to ease the threat they pose on local terrapin populations. Diamondback terrapins, found all along the East ...

FT. MONROE, Va.— Conservation groups today filed a petition asking the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to adopt regulations that would protect diamondback terrapins from drowning in blue crab ...