Restrictions on Crabbing Proposed for Marylanders
Associated Press
ANNAPOLIS, Md. —
Gov. William Donald Schaefer proposed restrictions on crabbing Friday that would apply to everyone from commercial watermen to children catching crabs for a family picnic.
Most of the regulations, designed to reduce overfishing, would require legislative approval. They would limit the number of wire-mesh cages used by crab fishermen and the length of trot lines. Anyone over 16 would have to buy a license to catch even one crab.
The governor also is proposing a one-bushel-per-person limit on recreational crabbing.
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