Blue crabs support commercial and recreational fisheries across the region. Poor water quality, habitat loss, harvest pressure and predation affect their continued health. Here, a sluggish male crab rests on the deck of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) R/V Bay Eagle after being caught in the Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey near the mouth of the York River.

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