Chesapeake Bay blue crabs are in serious danger of being over-fished this year and are not reproducing well enough to rebound from the kind of pressure being placed on them, Maryland natural resources officials say.

The concern comes from the results of the dredge survey, which counts crabs in the bay during the winter, when they burrow into the bottom and are easy to see. The survey, which is considered an accurate depiction of what is living in the bay, found the second-lowest number of juvenile crabs since the state began counting in 1989.

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