Stone Crabs Found

Scientists Need Your Help as Stone Crabs Expand to Virginia

By Meg Walburn Viviano, Chesapeake Bay Magazine

Stone crabs are to Florida what blue crabs are to the Chesapeake Bay. 99 percent of them are caught in the Sunshine State, and their claws are ubiquitous on restaurant menus. But stone crabs may be closer than you think, if a recent trend in Virginia continues.

For the first time on record, watermen have caught stone crabs in the Chesapeake. Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) is spreading the word about this phenomenon in hopes of learning FINISH READING HERE

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