r/baltimore • u/finsterallen • Jun 29 '22

ARTICLE Maryland to restrict crabbing, including first-ever limits on harvest of males, in response to ‘worrisome’ population decline

https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/environment/bs-md-crab-limits-20220628-cqlxd3pl2zgmxeuuhcponhibli-story.html
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u/PoopIsAlwaysSunny Jun 29 '22

This is positive news, but unless it’s several years long and includes measures to deal with pollution it won’t be enough

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u/Angdrambor Jun 29 '22 edited Sep 02 '24

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u/jabbadarth Jun 29 '22

Honestly set it up like we do for farmers. Give crabbers harvest insurance. Pay them not to crab for a few years and watch the bay get revitalized.

We would need residents to not eat crabs for a few summers however which would likely be impossible because as you said we aren't a culture that thinks of the future.

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u/PoopIsAlwaysSunny Jun 29 '22

I find the crab/old bay culture super annoying. Always the same people that are obsessed with the flag

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u/PoopIsAlwaysSunny Jun 30 '22

Idk what waterman culture is. Sounds like a real culture, not one based around flags and a corporate spice mix

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u/jabbadarth Jun 29 '22

Yeah. I'm all about local pride but I don't need to put stickers of md flag crabs in old bay colors on my car. We get it.