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Long Island, N.Y., town targets crab poachers

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Chesapeake crab survey shows promise

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Va. considering increasing spring, fall crab catch limits

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Chesapeake Bay crab potters are catching their limit of 27-bushels in the bay this spring. Larry Chowning photo.

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Chesapeake Bay crab numbers jump after winter dredge survey

Larry Chowning

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S.C. crabbers, state agency pushing for crabbing regulations

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$5 reward is easing problem of ghost crab traps off Mississippi

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TRAP: a national program to remove derelict fishing gear

Jose Antunes

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U.S. grants Va. institute $8m to lead abandoned crab pot program

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Most of the boats in Delacroix, La., are small day boats. Skim net boats fishing shrimp and outboard powered crabbers line the bayou for a couple of miles. Paul Molyneaux photo.

Down on the Bayou

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Recipes for the Boat: Soft Spring Rolls with Crab

LaDonna Rose Gundersen

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Md., Va. stick with tighter crab limits amid population concerns

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