Gerald Winegrad: Chesapeake crabs are finally running, but the prognosis is bleak | COMMENTARY

In May, I was worried after the alarming data from the 2020 Chesapeake Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey. Crab population dropped 32% to only 18% of their 1990 population. Female numbers were down to only two-thirds of their target number. Juveniles dropped by 41%.

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