The Chesapeake Bay has a surprising new resident: stone crabs.
Local crabbers recently pulled several of the Florida-native crustaceans from pots near Willoughby Spit — the first time adult stone crabs have been documented in Hampton Roads.
Rom Lipcius, a researcher at William & Mary’s Virginia Institute of Marine Science, says the discovery is exciting. Traditionally, stone crabs have been found as far north as North Carolina, but never in Virginia waters…