Blue Crabs’ Epic Chesapeake Journey

The Chesapeake Bay produces more blue crabs than anywhere else in America, but here's the wild

part. These crabs actually start their lives way down in Virginia's salty waters before

migrating up the entire Bay. A single female can lay up to two million eggs in

her lifetime. Those tiny larvae drift for weeks before settling into their new homes

across Maryland's grassy shallows. This incredible journey connects every state in the

watershed, from New York's tributaries all the way to West Virginia's mountain

streams that feed the system. Without clean rivers flowing in, these crabs lose

their nursery grounds. Every stream matters in keeping this underwater highway alive.