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50% Drop in Bay's Blue Crab Since 2010

Blue Crabs
Don Rush
Blue Crabs

The dramatic decline of 50% in the blue crab population in the Chesapeake Bay since 2010 has researchers puzzled. In our weekly series with the Bay Journal Delmarva Public Media's Don Rush talks with associate editor and senior writer Tim Wheeler about what they found. The full interview can be heard on this Friday's Delmarva Today at noon on WSDL and WESM.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.
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