There's nothing like sharing the love, but officials as far north as North Carolina aren't smiling over the latest invasive species making its way up the East Coast from Florida: blue land crabs.

HAMPTON, Va. — In a 4-1 vote, the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) reversed the decision to lift the ban on blue crab dredging this winter. The ban was originally lifted back in June in ...

Ga. (WTOC) - The invasive blue land crab was first found in Georgia around 2022. These land crabs are very different from the marine blue crabs. Blue land crabs are originally from Central America and ...

Georgia officials recently asked for the public's help in spotting non-native blue land crabs. But further down the coast in Florida, officials are accustomed to the spiny ocean crawlers. That's ...

For centuries, surely not long after the arrival of Captain John Smith, the first Englishman to explore the Chesapeake Bay, Marylanders have developed a deep affection for blue crabs or “Callinectes ...

Invasive blue land crabs native to warmer climes have been spotted along the Georgia coast recently, wildlife officials warned Wednesday. The blue land crabs, as their name implies, live much of their ...

CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – People living along the South Carolina coast are encouraged to report sightings of a non-native blue land crab. The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources ...

GEORGIA, USA — If you see this new blue land crab anywhere in Georgia, take a photo and report it! The Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Resources Division (WRD) is warning residents of ...

The 2025 Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey estimates 238 million blue crabs, a decrease from 317 million in 2024 and the second lowest on record. The survey revealed distressing declines ...

The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission was supposed to vote on changes to the blue crab fishery in late November. But the chair ...

Nothing screams summer in Maryland like a bushel of steamed blue crabs, strewn across newspaper on an outdoor table, and with a mallet and a can of Old Bay at the ready. Crab prices have been a little ...