Chesapeake Bay blue crab population increases 60 percent

Governor Larry Hogan, chairman of the Chesapeake Executive Council, announced that the results of the 2019 Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey showed that the Bay-wide blue crab population increased 60 percent from last year, to an estimated total population of 594 million crabs.  
 

from https://open.maryland.gov/blog/chesapeake-bay-blue-crab-population-increases-60-percent/