The Chesapeake Bay crab population is down by 18 percent in 2018 compared to last season after cold weather killed off more than a third of adult crabs. But the number of juvenile crabs swimming into the bay is up by a third as crabbing season begins. That means watermen are expecting a slow start…
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Cold weather killed off a third of adult Chesapeake crabs this winter, but juvenile crab population surges in 2018
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