Blue crabs in Chesapeake Bay make strong comeback

Conservationists are seeing good news in the Chesapeake Bay: Maryland DNR and the Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences' annual winter dredge survey counted 349 million blue crabs this year, a 46% increase from last year and the highest level since 2019. The number of juvenile crabs, estimated at 228 million, is also the highest since 2019. Warming water and the...