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Crabs and Crabbing

Crabs and Crabbing. By Sarah Wheeler. Crabbing. Crabbers use a crab pot to catch the crabs Use chicken or fish for bait Use a net to pick up any stray crabs Wear protective gloves so they don’t get pinched. Crabs. Crustaceans Invertebrates that have an exoskeleton

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Crabs and Crabbing

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  1. Crabs and Crabbing By Sarah Wheeler

  2. Crabbing • Crabbers use a crab pot to catch the crabs • Use chicken or fish for bait • Use a net to pick up any stray crabs • Wear protective gloves so they don’t get pinched

  3. Crabs • Crustaceans • Invertebrates that have an exoskeleton • Ten legged animals that walk sideways • Omnivores • Communicate by waving their pinchers • Usually live in freshwater

  4. Economic Impact • The state of Maryland said that harvesting of certain crabs is prohibited • As a result, crab sales went down • People who harvested these crabs lost their jobs

  5. Regulations in Maryland • Harvesting immature female crabs is prohibited • Male crabs must be 5 in long • No more then 30 traps can be set out • One bushel of crabs per person but no more then two bushels if two or more people are on boat

  6. Environmental Issues • The Bay is being polluted by run-off of chicken manure from the poultry industry • The pesticides people are putting on their lawns are running into the Bay when it rains

  7. Bibliography http://www.bluecrab.info/crabbing/hardcrabs.html http://www1.american.edu/ted/bluecrab.htm http://www.mdsg.umd.edu/issues/chesapeake/blue_crabs/managing/economic_impact/ http://www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries/regulations/regindex.asp?page=bluecrab http://library.thinkquest.org/j001418/crab.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab http://www.kidskonnect.com/subject-index/13-animal/24-crabs.html

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