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Maryland watermen have pulled nearly 1,500 abandoned crab pots from the West, Patuxent and Patapsco Rivers as a part of the Department of Natural Resources Ghost Crab Pot Retrieval program. The Program, which is a partnership between DNR, the Oyster Recovery Partnership, Versar inc. and more than 360 watermen started on February 22, and is a part of Governor Martin O’Malley plan to help mitigate economic losses from the declining blue crab fishery, while also helping to restore the Chesapeake Bay.
“This is a great opportunity, because it not only improves the health of the Chesapeake Bay, but provides watermen with work,” said Governor O’Malley. “We owe a debt of gratitude to Senator Barbara Mikulski and the Congressional Delegation for supporting the funding to enable programs, such as Ghost Crab Pot retrieval, which provide Marylanders with jobs and help create a sustainable future.”
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