The owner of a Virginia seafood company has pleaded guilty to conspiring to falsely label foreign crabmeat as fresh Chesapeake blue crab.
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Read More »September 27, 2018 Comments Off on Virginia seafood packer faces prison for falsely labeling foreign crab
The owner of a Virginia seafood company has pleaded guilty to conspiring to falsely label foreign crabmeat as fresh Chesapeake blue crab.
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Read More »August 6, 2018 Comments Off on Va. seafood supplier accused of diluting blue crab meat with imported crab
In an unusual probe, federal agents fanned out to markets across Virginia, Delaware and North Carolina, scooping up crab meat from Casey's Seafood and sending it out for the type of DNA analysis more common in rape and murder cases.
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Read More »June 3, 2013 Comments Off on Restaurants stay ‘True Blue’ with Maryland crabs
ANNAPOLIS — This is the time of year when Cathy Chisholm’s taste buds yearn for Maryland crabcakes. Not Maryland-style crabcakes. The Davidsonville resident said she can taste the difference in freshness between the home grown dish and those made elsewhere. ...
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Read More »April 19, 2013 Comments Off on Survey shows significant drop in blue crabs in bay
ANNAPOLIS — The number of blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay has dropped steeply, according to an annual survey released Friday, and Maryland officials said they will work with the crabbing industry to reduce bushel limits by about 10 percent ...
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Read More »April 2, 2013 Comments Off on Cold weather keeps crabs at bottom of Chesapeake
ANNAPOLIS — For months, there’s been a countdown on the Maryland Seafood website, ticking down the months, days, hours, minutes and even seconds to the most anticipated seafood season of the year: crabbing season. Monday marks the start of crabbing ...
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Read More »September 20, 2012 Comments Off on Md. led nation in 2011 crab catch
Maryland’s crab harvest last year led the nation. That’s according to figures released Wednesday by the National Marine Fisheries Service. Nearly 200 million pounds of blue crabs were landed nationwide last year, with Maryland accounting for more than 25 percent ...
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Read More »September 19, 2012 Comments Off on Fed figures show Md. led nation in 2011 crab catch
Maryland’s crab harvest last year led the nation. That’s according to figures released Wednesday by the National Marine Fisheries Service. Nearly 200 million pounds of blue crabs were landed nationwide last year, with Maryland accounting for more than 25 percent ...
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FENWICK ISLAND — Picture them laid out on a brown paper-wrapped picnic table: Steaming hot Maryland blue crabs, covered in Old Bay. Add to that fresh corn on the cob, steamed shrimp, fried chicken and hush puppies, with steam rising ...
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Read More »December 28, 2011 Comments Off on Scientists: Storm damage to Chesapeake Bay not bad
HAMPTON, Va. — It’s rare good news for the Chesapeake Bay. Scientists say the huge sediment plume that formed in the bay after Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee did not cause the widespread damage they had feared. The plume ...
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Read More »September 27, 2011 Comments Off on Va. regulators ban dredging crabs during winter
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Virginia regulators on Tuesday reinstituted a ban on dredging blue crabs during the winter months to try to help rebuild their numbers in the Chesapeake Bay. The century-old winter harvest involves the dragging of steel-toothed dredges ...
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