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The A.E. Phillips packing plant processed seafood from many of the watermen in the region. In 1956, after a surplus season of crabs, son Brice Phillips and wife Shirley opened the first “crab shack” in Ocean City, Maryland. Brice and Shirley began building a new dining room each year at Phillips Crab House until it finally seated 1400 people.
The latest Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey has revealed an overall dip in crabs in Maryland waterways amid continuing decreasing numbers.. According to the study, an estimated 317 ...
In 2012, the company set the Guinness World Record for the "largest crab cake in the world" at the Maryland State Fair, weighing in at over 300 lbs. [6] [11] [12] The company is headquartered in Salisbury, Maryland and operates 15 plants in the US and abroad, [13] including a primary plant in Crisfield, Maryland. [14] [15] [5]
The Crab Claw is an independently owned restaurant located in St. Michaels, Maryland. Initially a clam-shucking business in the 1950s, the establishment expanded to include a seafood eatery in 1965. [1] The restaurant, a casual dining establishment, is located on the Miles River. [1] They serve beer, including their own Crab Claw Ale. [2]
Undergraduate students at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore help build an artificial beach platform for spawning horseshoe crabs in the 94th Street canal in Ocean City in July.
Crab cakes are traditionally associated with the Chesapeake Bay, in the state of Maryland. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Although the earliest use of the term "crab cake" is commonly believed to date to Crosby Gaige's 1939 publication New York World's Fair Cook Book in which they are described as " Baltimore crab cakes," [ 3 ] earlier usages can be found such as ...
The blue crab, Callinectes sapidus was chosen as the state crustacean of Maryland in 1989. [17] C. sapidus is a crab found in the waters of the western Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific coast of Central America and the Gulf of Mexico. The blue crab may grow to a carapace width of 230 mm (9.1 in).
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is located in St. Michaels, Maryland, United States and is home to a collection of Chesapeake Bay artifacts, exhibitions, and vessels. This 18-acre (73,000 m 2) interactive museum was founded in 1965 on Navy Point, once a site of seafood packing houses, docks, and work boats. Today, the museum houses the world ...