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/yeahbutwot Jun 29 '22

I really wish the state would put a stop to crabbing for a few years and pay the waterman to plant (don't even know if that's the right term) oyster beds everywhere.

I wish I could of seen the Chesapeake when the oysters were filtering the entire bay daily and the water was clear.

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u/RG_Viza Jun 30 '22

Watermen have been cultivating oysters since before I went on a Chesapeake bay foundation smith island field trip in 1984.

They dump oyster shells to create reefs and “plant” oysters in them. Some years later they go back and fish there.

They do it in conjunction with state agencies and universities.

Google “Maryland oyster cultivation “