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Challenges of managing blue crabs in Chesapeake Bay – life cycle and fishery
Annapolis Annapolis Cafe Scientifique presents a talk about the management of blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus, which in Chesapeake Bay took a dramatic change of course in Fall 2008. It has been largely successful, but it took 15 years to implement. When a decline in the population of blue crabs was first observed in the mid-1990s, […]
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Oysters and Ecosystems: How the Eastern Oyster Shapes the Chesapeake Bay
This lecture is part of Annapolis Maritime Museum's 2021 Winter Lecture Series. Covered topics: For millennia, the oyster has been a linchpin in the Bay’s ecosystem. For centuries, the oyster has impacted the politics and economy of the State of Maryland. Learn about the impact of aquaculture on the wild fishery, supplying more oysters to […]
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