Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Here's another entry for "activities you probably didn't realize were illegal in Rhode Island": Fishing for blue crabs at night.

This was the third year of California-sponsored trials for the equipment used to catch Dungeness crabs while avoiding whale entanglements. Ropeless fishing gear is proving effective at avoiding whale ...

Enabled by recent weather patterns, the destructive crabs are threatening entire ecosystems and industries, so New Englanders are starting to eat more of them.

After half a decade of worryingly low numbers, the Chesapeake Bay's blue crab population appears to be fighting its way out of a slump. This year's field sampling estimated a total population of 349 ...

Here’s another entry for “activities you probably didn’t realize were illegal in Rhode Island”: Fishing for blue crabs at night. Since the 1930s, recreational fishermen have been banned from catching ...