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Counting crabs in the Chesapeake
— A mesh net tips onto the stern of the work boat "Mydra Ann," and out tumbles a community of crabs: fist-size blues with claws raised in attack mode, tan adolescents trying to scuttle for cover and translucent babies no bigger than a thumbnail....Tags: Conservation, Energy Resources, Labor Legislation, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Roger Morris
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Number of young striped bass in Chesapeake Bay spikes
After several years of discouraging results, Maryland fisheries officials say the number of juvenile striped bass in the Chesapeake Bay this summer was the fourth highest in the 58-year history of their annual census.
The abundance of palm-sized newborns...Tags: Seafood and Fishing Industry, Fishing, Natural Resource Industry, Science, Natural Resources
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Catch limits debated for 'most important fish in sea'
A big fight is brewing over a little fish — a fish that no one wants to eat but that many regard as the most important in the sea.
Catch restrictions loom on menhaden, which is too unsavory to grace a dinner plate but much sought by commercial...Tags: Conservation, Animals, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Chesapeake Bay, Reedville
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Commission votes to curb menhaden catch by 37 percent
The interstate panel that oversees fishing along the Eastern Seaboard voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to cut the menhaden catch by up to 37 percent next year in an effort to protect the species and, by extension, striped bass.
The 14-3 vote by the...Tags: Conservation, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Chesapeake Bay, Reedville
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Study urges greater protection of Chesapeake Bay's female crabs
A new scientific study finds that though the Chesapeake Bay's blue crab population is basically healthy, it has yet to recover enough from trouble a few years ago to be considered completely stable. What that means for watermen, the seafood industry...Tags: Seafood and Fishing Industry, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Natural Resource Industry, Natural Resources, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
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Bay crabs: protect the females
It has been a good summer for Chesapeake Bay crabs. They have been heavy and sweet, a gustatory delight. Beyond the dinner table, the picture is looking better as well. A recent scientific study done for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...Tags: Seafood and Fishing Industry, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Natural Resource Industry, Natural Resources, Elections
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Don't give up on the Chesapeake Bay oyster
For nearly a century, oysters have been pummeled from two sides: us and nature. Our appetite for oysters has spurred overharvesting; at the same time, pollution has made oysters more vulnerable to disease, and sediment has smothered oyster beds....Tags: Conservation, Livestock Farming, Foods and Beverages, Agricultural Research and Technology, Oysters
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Board puts the hammer down on rockfish poachers
Baltimore Sun reporterThe Potomac River Fisheries Commission voted Thursday to revoke or suspend the fishing privileges of eight watermen convicted in federal court in the largest rockfish poaching scheme in the history of the Chesapeake Bay and the river. The harshness,...Tags: Chesapeake Bay, Music, Employees, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Fishing
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Alone on the water
SunSpot StaffSept. 13th was a beautiful moonlit night on the Potomac, calm and warm. But, off Point Lookout at the river's mouth, dangerous currents were moving beneath the flat surface. A swimmer had been fighting those currents for hours as he tried to muscle his...Tags: Bodies of Water, Eyewear, Family, Rivers, Energy Resources
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Gimme an O (for oyster)
Special To The SunIt once held 60,000 screaming sports zealots. Now, in modified form, Memorial Stadium will hold millions of smaller, more sedate creatures. In an attempt to create an artificial oyster reef, 10,000 cubic yards of crushed concrete from the old 33rd Street...Tags: Water Restrictions, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Oysters, Arts, Mickey Mantle
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Marine Commission rules against Grandview man's fence request
HAMPTON — A Grandview man whose beachfront fences drew the ire of neighbors had his application for those structures denied by the Virginia Marine Resources Commission. Sebastian Plucinski and his neighbors have publicly fought since 2007 about his...Tags: White Marsh
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Daily Press Feedback for 3/7
Family planning More than 30 women's-rights demonstrators were arrested Saturday afternoon in a protest at the state Capitol that drew hundreds of protesters. The issue still is a popular topic on the Daily Press Facebook page. Gina Elliott Proulx:...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Feminism, Plant Openings, Abortion Issue, York County (Virginia)
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