Blue Crabs Are Booming In The Bay

The Chesapeake Bay’s blue crab population is at its highest level in nearly two decades, officials plan to announce this morning.

A wintertime survey found 764 million blue crabs in the bay, nearly 66 percent more than last year and the best estimate since 1993.
And juvenile crabs — the babies that will become legal size for harvesting later this year — are at the highest level ever, at 587 million.

There should be plenty of tasty crustaceans available for steaming and spicing at crab feasts across the Chesapeake region this year.

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