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Traditional crab pot season extended due to Covid

December 13, 2020 by Wayne Creed 1 Comment

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Regulators of Virginia’s fisheries have decided to extend the traditional crab pot season. And they say it shouldn’t have a big impact on the crab populations in the Chesapeake Bay.

The Virginian-Pilot reported Thursday that the Virginia Marine Resources Commission extended the crab pot season by 20 days, until Dec. 19. The goal is to make up for losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

The commission said that social distancing restrictions and stay-at-home orders have cut demand at restaurants.

“Based on estimates of abundance and the lack of fishing effort during the early period of the pandemic, researchers believe the extended season will have minimal impact on annual harvest,” the commission said.

Chris Moore, senior ecosystem scientist with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, said that “the concern was that watermen had a hard year and with crab populations relatively stable and healthy, we could do this.”

He added: “The commission struck a good balance here.”

The commission estimates that the extension would add something like 100,000 to 200,000 pounds to the annual harvest.

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  1. MJM says

    December 14, 2020 at 12:06 am

    I’d like to see a public declaration by the VMRC as to how effective this really was when all is said and done. The water has gotten very cold for crabs. Most have burrowed. The crabbers were not able to sell crabs early in the covid19 pandemic because restaurant demand was lowered. Well, many governors are tightening restaurants back to the original tiny capacity numbers. Will there be any demand for crabs ? I hope for the best, but are the guys just going out to run around, spend gas money and suffer further losses ?

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