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The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) is a state agency of Maryland. Its headquarters are in the Parole census-designated place in unincorporated Anne Arundel County, near Annapolis. [1] [2] The Department was established in 1972. [3] As of 2023, the Secretary of the department is Kevin Atticks, appointed by Governor Wes Moore. [4]
It is the largest seller of Maryland Blue Crabs and crab cakes in the United States, selling over 150,000 crab cakes, 500,000 pounds of shrimp, and 75,000 bushels of live blue crabs annually. [2] The company has served over one million customers, grosses $20 million, and its seafood was listed at the top of the Forbes list of "Best Food Gifts ...
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]
Maryland’s newest senator, state Sen. Nick Charles, D-Prince George’s County, appointed by Moore and sworn in last December, is one of the Senate backers and co-sponsors of the bill.
The crab processing plant owners on Maryland’s secluded Hoopers Island call it “The Lottery.” They aren’t referring to the state-run sweepstakes, but to the U.S. government’s annual ...
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 restaurant sells over 1,000 of its signature crab cakes weekly. [2] They were first served in 1987. [5] Faidley's also ships them nationwide. [6] The crab cakes are made from 1 lb (0.45 kg) of crab meat, saltine crackers, Old Bay Seasoning, and dry mustard. [3]
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.