Crab Lovers Pinching Pennies Amid High Prices. Here's Why

A dozen Philly restaurants with soft-shell crabs on the menu

From South Philly to Mount Airy, you can get the soft-shell crabs in so many ways: batter-fried, grilled, pan-seared, and even stuffed inside a hoagie and wrapped in a potato pancake.

Maryland crab sellers see dip in sales despite low population numbers

Some Maryland seafood businesses are reporting a noticeable drop in crab sales, raising questions about how prices could be impacted heading into the summer season.

Crab lovers pinching pennies amid high prices. Here's why

With a drop in the Chesapeake Bay blue crab population come higher prices. Here's why.

Festival attendees: Blue Crab gone bad | Palatka Daily News, Palatka, Florida

The Blue Crab Festival, usually a fun time had by most who attend, left many people underwhelmed this year amid claims the Memorial Day weekend event was overpriced, was poorly marketed and feature

Crab lovers pinching pennies amid high prices due to lower crab population

With a drop in the Chesapeake Bay blue crab population come higher prices. The 2025 Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey shows the number of Maryland crabs dropped to the second lowest level since the survey started in 1990. Some seafood stores are scrambling to keep crabs in stock, like at Gibby’s Seafood in Timonium, where crabs are running out the door. “I guess if you want them, you are going to pay for them. So, that’s how it goes,” said Lonzell …

Chesapeake Crab Population Drops 25% To Second Lowest Level Ever Tallied - The BayNet

A blue crab is netted on Maryland’s Choptank River. Dave HarpANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Chesapeake Bay’s blue crab population has slipped to its second lowest level in 35 years, a six-year slump that has fisheries scientists searching for answers to the decline in the Bay’s most valuable catch and a closely watched indicator of the estuary’s health.The latest dredge survey conducted by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and Virginia Institut…