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Can MD remain the ‘crab capital’ if consumers can’t buy crabmeat?
A federal effort to restrict imported crabmeat has sparked a legal fight that could disrupt supply, drive up prices and reshape the seafood industry.
Recalled tuna shipped to stores in 9 states, including MD
The FDA is warning consumers that tuna recently shipped to several states, including Maryland, was previously recalled roughly a year ago.
Maryland seafood industry to get help with temporary worker visas
A visa program for the 2023 fiscal year aims to temporarily aid the staffing shortage among seafood processors along the Maryland shore.
Seafood facility being built in Jessup
Merritt Properties announced this week that it has entered into a joint venture with NAFCO & Congressional Seafood Co. on an 88,000-square-foot seafood distribution facility in Jessup. The facility will […]
Oyster population rises in Maryland
The Department of Natural Resources’ annual survey of the Chesapeake Bay’s native oyster population produced some good news: The 2013 Fall Oyster Survey indicates the oyster population of the bay has more than doubled since 2010, reaching its highest point since monitoring began in 1985.
Tech funding at oyster farms a pearl of great price
Oyster lovers, rejoice: Three of the 15 projects that received money from the Maryland Industrial Partnerships program’s latest funding round involve novel oyster-farming techniques, program officials announced Wednesday.
Eye Opener: State officials detail fracking rules
A few government and politics headlines for Thursday.
Va.’s 19th century oyster tax being shed July 1
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia is shedding its late 19th century system of taxing oysters by the bushel for a user fee that will spare watermen mounds of paperwork and return […]
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 […]
Bay restoration goals one-quarter to one-third met
The Chesapeake Bay Program says states in the bay watershed are about one quarter to one third of the way toward meeting goals for cutting the bay’s three main pollutants […]
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 […]
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 […]
