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Blue crab escaping from the net along the Core Banks of North Carolina.. Callinectes sapidus (from the Ancient Greek κάλλος,"beautiful" + nectes, "swimmer", and Latin sapidus, "savory"), the blue crab, Atlantic blue crab, or, regionally, the Maryland blue crab, is a species of crab native to the waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, and introduced internationally.
Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge, a part of the Chesapeake Marshlands National Wildlife Refuge Complex, is a 2,286-acre (9.25 km 2) island located at the confluence of the Chester River and the Chesapeake Bay. Established in 1962 as a sanctuary for migratory birds, Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge provides natural habitat for over 240 ...
0 feet (0 m) [ 1] Tangier Sound is a sound of the Chesapeake Bay bounded on the west by Tangier Island in Virginia, and Smith Island and South Marsh Island in Maryland, by Deal Island in Maryland on the north, and the mainland of the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Pocomoke Sound on the east. It stretches into Virginia as far south as Watts Island.
Pages in category "Crabbing communities in Maryland" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Soft-shell crab. Soft-shell crab is a culinary term for crabs that have recently molted their old exoskeleton and are still soft. [1] Soft-shells are removed from the water as soon as they molt or, preferably, just before to prevent any hardening of their shell. [2] Catching soft-shell crab is very time-sensitive and requires that any caught ...
Pubic lice, also known as crabs, are blood-sucking parasitic insects that often get transmitted from person to person through sexual intercourse and other forms of sexual contact. They can also ...
UTC-4 (EDT) ZIP code. 20684. Area codes. 301, 240. St. Inigoes, sometimes called St. Inigoes Shores, is a small, rural, unincorporated farming, fishing and crabbing community at the southern end of St. Mary's County in the U.S. state of Maryland that is undergoing a transition to small residential subdevelopment plots. [1][2] Its western side ...
Alaskan king crab fishing is carried out during the fall in the waters off the coast of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. The commercial catch is shipped worldwide. Large numbers of king crab are also caught in Russian and international waters. In 1980, at the peak of the king crab industry, Alaskan fisheries produced up to 200,000,000 pounds ...