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O’Malley To Make Announcement On Chesapeake Crabs
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland’s governor has scheduled an announcement next week on the Chesapeake Bay’s crab fishery. Details on Tuesday’s announcement by Gov. Martin O’Malley were not released, but...
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Chesapeake’s Crabs At Second Highest Level Since 1997
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ/AP) — If you have a taste for blue crabs, population estimates show the Chesapeake will deliver this season. But as Alex DeMetrick reports, the Chesapeake Bay won’t be delivering...
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Best Seafood
When it comes to seafood in Baltimore, it all boils down to the blue crab. Who makes the best lump meat crab cake, steams and seasons the best crabs, or stuffs the best crab into something else? Here...
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Crabbers Asked To Install Turtle Excluders On Pots
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Remember the terrapin when you set out crab pots this year. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources says it receives reports every year of diamondback terrapins that are...
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Watermen Await Md. Crab Regulation Changes
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland watermen could hear this week whether crabbing harvest regulations will be changed. State officials say changes could include higher fall bushel limits for female crabs...
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Maryland Increases Fall Female Crab Bushel Limit
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland watermen will be able to catch more female crabs this fall. The Department of Natural Resources announced the change Thursday, saying fisheries managers determined the...
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Va. Meeting To Discuss Sustainable Oysters, Crabs
STRATFORD, Va. (AP) — Oysters and crabs are on the agenda for researchers meeting this week to discuss sustainable fisheries in the Chesapeake Bay. The researchers are meeting Tuesday and Wednesday in...
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Demand Is High For Crabs This July 4
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — If you’re planning on having some steamed crabs for the Fourth of July holiday weekend, you’ll have plenty of company: demand is very high. Ron Matz reports crab houses and...
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Watermen’s Group Leaves Crab Management Talks
CENTREVILLE, Md. (AP) — A watermen’s group has stopped participating in discussions on crab management with the group’s head saying members oppose proposals for a catch-share system. The Chesapeake Bay...
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Lee Runoff Hurting Business For Watermen In Chesapeake Bay
MIDDLE RIVER, Md. (WJZ) — The financial losses caused by last week’s flooding extend to more than just property on land. Alex DeMetrick reports watermen who work the bay are also taking a hard hit....
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Watermen’s Group Head: Bay Conditions Improving
EASTON, Md. (AP) — The head of the Queen Anne’s County Watermen’s Association says conditions are improving on the Chesapeake, where debris from Tropical Storm Lee has made it difficult to work on the...
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Crab Report Finds Chesapeake Bay Not Overfished
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Chesapeake Bay’s blue crabs are not overfished, but fisheries managers should keep a close eye on this year’s harvest because of a cold winter that cut the population. That’s...
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Chesapeake Female Crabs Outnumber Males In Bay
EDGEWATER, Md. (AP) — Male crabs have their pick of mates in the Chesapeake Bay this year. Strict harvest restrictions designed to protect the bay’s crab population have pushed the ratio of females to...
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Female Crabs Outnumbering Males May Be A Problem In Chesapeake Bay
BALTIMORE (WJZ)—Out of the Chesapeake’s many problems, add sexual imbalance. It’s become a real possibility among the bay’s blue crabs. Alex DeMetrick reports that efforts to save Maryland’s favorite...
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Md. Scientists Taking Stock Of Crab Population In The Chesapeake Bay
BALTIMORE (WJZ)– It’s a numbers game that affects livelihoods to dinner tables in Maryland. And right now the count is on. Alex DeMetrick went out on the Chesapeake Bay where scientists are counting...
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Md. Watermen To Pull More Ghost Pots From Bay
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland’s ghost pot retrieval program starts again next month. State officials say watermen have until Friday to apply for work under the program. Ghost pots are lost or...
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Warm, Dry Winter Bringing Chesapeake To Life Early
BALTIMORE (AP) — Crabs are crawling early out of the mud in the southern end of the Chesapeake Bay, and that’s only the beginning of changes expected from the warm, dry winter in the nation’s largest...
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The Warm Winter May Mean Seafood Sooner
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — If warm, dry weather feels good to us, we aren’t alone. It’s also been having an impact on crabs and fish in the bay. Alex DeMetrick reports it could mean seafood sooner. The winter...
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Watermen Report Crab Shortage
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Crabbers are reporting a sharp shortage in their catch this season. With the Fourth of July rush on the crustaceans right around the corner, restaurants are scrambling to cover the...
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Environmentalists Try To Determine Gender Ratio Of Crabs
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — There are new concerns over the Chesapeake Bay crab population. Environmentalists worry that regulations to protect female crabs are causing a sperm shortage from the males. Tim...
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