WHCP News Desk Dwindling Blue Crab Count Haunts Chesapeake WHCP | By Alison Kennedy Published July 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM EDT Email Listen • 11:09 Maryland Blue Crabs The lowest census of blue crabs this century has alarmed Chesapeake Bay ecologists, who say invasive fish and degrading water quality are leaving their mark on the bay's bounty.