For information on North Carolina’s marine resources, check out the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries’ website at http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/mf/home or by telephone at (800) 682-2632 or P.O.Box 769, Morehead City, NC 28557. *Crabbing is allowed in coastal and joint waters, there is no crabbing in inland waters. More information on

Blue Crabs, also known as Callinectes sapidus or “Beautiful Swimmer,” live in coastal and estuarine waters. In North Carolina, they are particularly populous in the Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds. Their lives are spent hanging around marshy bottoms and oyster reefs, looking for something to snack on.

2021年9月25日 · If you’re visiting North Carolina and want to go crabbing, a crab pot is the best way to catch blue crabs. I recommend renting a home with private access to the Albemarle or Pamlico Sound and setting a crab pot.

2022年12月19日 · The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries is reminding the public of the annual blue crab harvest closures. The harvest closure period runs from Jan. 1, 2023 through Jan. 31, 2023, for North Carolina state waters north and east of the Highway 58 bridge over Bogue Sound to Emerald Isle and from March 1, 2023 through March 15, 2023, for North ...

Blue crabs are a tasty seafood, and are consumed in crab cakes, she-crab soup, and as soft shell crabs, among others; Blue Crabs are North Carolina's most valuable fishery; Blue crabs can generate $100 million or more yearly through dockside value and processed blue crab products

The blue crab is common to all North Carolina coastal waters, but the largest populations tend to live in the Albemarle and Pamlico sounds. In 2011, over 30 million pounds of blue crabs were harvested commercially, with a dockside value of $21 million. In order to grow, a blue crab must shed its shell and form a new one.

2023年8月9日 · According to a 2018 stock assessment, blue crabs are an overfished species. But that’s not the sole reason they’re not found in abundance as they once were, and the issue is not isolated to North Carolina’s coast.

Most Blue Crabs landed commercially in North Carolina come from Albemarle Sound. In 2021, more than 5.3 million pounds of hard Blue Crabs were sold from this region, with over 275,000 pounds of soft and peeler crabs harvested as well. Currituck Sound and Pamlico Sound both supported Blue Crab landings in excess of 1.2 million hard crabs in 2021.

Blue crabs in North Carolina spend different parts of their lives in various regions of the Albemarle-Pamlico Estuarine Ecosystem (APEE). EGGS remain attached to the abdomen of the females, who stay near the inlets, until they are hatched.

2023年9月5日 · State regulators have determined that North Carolina's blue crabs are overfished even as it remains the state's most valuable fishery. The Tar Heel State isn't alone amid Mid-Atlantic and...