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Blue Crab

Blue Crab, a reference illustration for identifying your catch
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Blue Crab carries consumption advisories on 39 waters across 5 states. Limits depend on the water and the fish's size — a bigger fish has had longer to accumulate contaminants, so it's usually the stricter one.

Contaminants found in blue crab: Arsenic, Hexavalent chromium, Dioxins, Mercury, PCBs

Advisories are per-water — there is no single answer

The strictest advisory on file for blue crab is Do not eat due to elevated PCB. Whether that applies to your fish depends entirely on where you caught it. Find your water below.

Where blue crab has advisories

Waters with blue crab advisories