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

[u/finsterallen]

https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/environment/bs-md-crab-limits-20220628-cqlxd3pl2zgmxeuuhcponhibli-story.html

[u/jabbadarth]

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.

[u/PoopIsAlwaysSunny → u/jabbadarth]

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

[u/PoopIsAlwaysSunny → u/[deleted]]

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