Crab harvest limits set

[gtodave]

After the worse-ever winter dredge report, DNR has implemented new regs on recreational and commercial crabbers

Maryland sets first-ever limits on harvest of male Chesapeake blue crabs | WTOP News

For the first time ever, Maryland watermen will soon be limited on how many bushels of male blue crabs they can haul daily from the Chesapeake Bay.

wtop.com

Down to 1 bushel per boat if you have a license (2-4 dozen for unlicensed, depending) for rec.

Commercial watermen will be limited to at most 15 bushels a day of male crabs in August and September.

If numbers keep falling, I'll bet there will be a moratorium on them within a few years.

 

[ChannelCat]

Between the crabs and the rockfish, (and for that matter, the oysters) the bay is in a world of hurt. The price of crabs is going to skyrocket.

 

[joppaj]

https://www.mdshooters.com/threads/2022-dnr-crab-count.265534/#post-6649322 for further.

 

[gtodave]

https://www.mdshooters.com/threads/2022-dnr-crab-count.265534/#post-6649322 for further.

missed that, thanks

 

[joppaj]

missed that, thanks

It was in the WC but I moved it out here, better location for it. I'll shut this one down now.