where lobster catches have tailed off in recent years. Jonah crabs are the latest New England fishery to rise from obscurity in recent years, and like some others, it has grown out of necessity.

could result in the closure of the New York Jonah crab fishery. The DEC already has extensive rules for the harvesting of horseshoe and other crabs. Currently, fishermen can take 150 per day off ...

A burgeoning Jonah crab population is proving a challenge for some Nova Scotia lobster fishermen. Dan Fleck, executive director of the Brazil Rock 33/34 Lobster Association, says the crabs are ...

Jonah crabs are a valuable bycatch in lobster fishing area 34 and can be kept for use as bait or for sale if they measure at least 130 millimetres, Fleck said. But the Department of Fisheries and ...