Crab cakes are truly unlike anything else, are incredibly tasty when done right, and yet not many restaurants offer the ...

Seafood lovers say the secret to great crab cakes is simple: fresh crab, minimal filler, and a perfectly crisp crust.

A variety of crab cakes in front of famous crab cake restaurants - Static Media Done right, crab cakes can be simply sublime. You get the crispy golden crust, soft chunks of crab meat, and a fresh, ...

The blue crab represents Maryland’s culture, economy, and long relationship with the Chesapeake Bay. Its population reflects the health of the bay and the effects of fishing and habitat management.

This week, WTOP takes you from the bottom of the bay to the picnic table in our four-part series Claws and Effect: The murky future of the Chesapeake Bay blue crab. Listen on air and read it online.

RICHMOND — The commercial harvest of blue crabs has been extended in Virginia as the crab population trends upward. The Virginia Marine Resources Commission voted last week to approve the extension ...

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 ...

One muggy morning in 1932, a 33-year-old Maryland real estate man named Sterling Grover Harris (who had made a good thing of buying Eastern Shore lands from farmers, reselling to rich Northerners) ...