(WBFF) -- The blue crab population has increased nearly 60 percent in the Chesapeake Bay from 372 million in 2018 to 594 million in 2019, according to the annual Blue Crab Advisory Report.
The annual Blue Crab Advisory Report was released today by the Chesapeake Bay Program and developed by the Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee, explained that the overall Chesapeake Bay blue crab population is not depleted and is not being overfished.
“By using sound science included in this annual report to manage the fishery, the Bay jurisdictions have enabled responsible harvest of female blue crabs for the past ten consecutive years. Consumers can enjoy their Chesapeake Bay crab feasts knowing blue crabs are responsibly managed," says Sean Corson, Acting Director, NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office; Chair, Sustainable Fisheries Goal Implementation Team.
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Didn't they say last year was bad?
ReplyDeleteNow the Unlicensed o Rednecks crabbers on the Nanticoke can scoop them all up.
ReplyDeleteIdiots.
ReplyDeleteThey are "managing" people (from over fishing)
They are NOT managing the crab population
They are probably lying about the crab population to distract the public
Believe nothing they tell us
This is horrible news for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and other environmentalists.
ReplyDeleteYeah they will cut $$$$
Delete5:59. This is GREAT news for CBF and all environmentalists. It proves that their decades long efforts to clean the bay and responsibly manage resources are paying off. Keep up the good work.
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ReplyDeleteYou are truly funny
So you believe everything that you read, do you?
The entire eco system is in collapse.
Look around, look up, wake up.
5:22 The crabs belong to the unlicensed and rednecks as much as they do to you.
ReplyDeleteNo they don't.
Delete7:08- The troll knows more than empirical data. Doom, Doom, Doom, the troll screams! Go back under your bridge, troll!
ReplyDeleteNo, prices will be high for July 4th - 7th as well as labor day weekend. I love seeing a sign along coastal highway oh on Tues were bushel of meds are $69.....then the same size crabs are $99 on Friday. I "git" it, buts its still enjoyable to watch.
ReplyDeleteCrabs will be plentiful and bigger late Aug all the way into Mid Oct. Great prices in Sept and Oct - when all the vacationers are GONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
empirical data shows the bay is a dead zone along the western shore and spreading this way! taking your life in your hands even touching a crab from the bay! so many viruses and bacteria! one cut and next thing you know they are talking about cutting off limbs! and I aint talking tree limbs!
ReplyDeleteHow in the hell do we know this as a fact "blue crab 60% higher" , they don't even know the population of the U.S. load of crap , the bay funding fake news.
ReplyDelete708 is correct. Our environment is polluted beyond repair. The corporate polluters care nothing about the environment. Nothing. I doubt the crab population is booming, how could it be?
ReplyDeleteNorthwest Woodsman: Grew up on the eastern shore and after several careers, ended up in the northwest forest of Washington state. I’m a half mile from the beach and, during the season, we go out in one of our boats and harvest about ten large Dungeness crabs each day. Share them with friends and the rest we steam, clean, and freeze in the shell. Season begins today and we still have some in our freezer from last year. Dinner consists of half a crab each and we don’t bother with the smaller legs which are comparable to the largest legs on a blue crab. Didn’t think anything was better than a Maryland Blue, but I was proven wrong.
ReplyDeletewashington state? lmmfao! how's that workin out for ya with all the cali crazies? you forgot to mention the red tide when you can't go near the water!
ReplyDeletei"m not sure how they come aross their numbers but my boys and i caught the leagle linit of 2 dozen crabs today. In the past. it was just a fun thing for us to do together - we hand line at the edge of the pier at northside park, but today we caught nearly all 1's and a few fat 2's! stopped by to see mike at victoria"s on 81st for shrimp and headed home to cook them all up - happy 4th all!
ReplyDeleteIf true then we should all see a reduction in crab prices at the local seafood joints. After all, it’s not about money, it’s about spreading the eastern shore pride and spirit!
ReplyDeleteNorthwest Woodsman: Yes 7:46, we do occasionally have a red tide, but here in the islands, not so much. With regard to the bed welters, yes, Seattle is as liberal as they get. Sanctuary city that has had an incredible increase of crime, graffiti, street people and tent encampments along the highways. The only good thing is that they are concentrated in the cities with the rural folks being conservative.
ReplyDeleteAdditionally, I live on one of the islands with a five mile,moat between us and the mainland. Life here is much like the 1950s on the eastern shore. After three days of vacation here eleven years ago, I could see that this would be a way of replicating my earlier years in Snow Hill.
It is actually very reminiscent of those years and every day I think to myself “ I love this place”. It sort of reminds me of being a WWII Jedburgh, dropped behind German lines in France to organize the resistance. I’m the resistance against the Marxist democrat liberals up here.
While I support not harvesting females to help improve our bay's resources I find it amusing that those with a commercial license are not forbid from harvesting females, only recreational license holders. You can not convince me that recreational crabbers are taking more than commercial crabbers. Further amusing is that those with recreational licenses are told it is illegal to sell their catch as if it matters in the slightest who ultimately ends up with the crabs. They die. Talk about legislation to control a monopoly.
ReplyDeleteWhen the supply goes down, they say that's the reason for high prices. When the supply doubles, the prices don't go down. Don't believe anybody that reports about crab population during the selling season. I wonder how the watermen are going to present their inability to make a profit now? All that cash under the table is hard to ignore.
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