Brewers taking a look at Halama Nov 21, 2009
He began the 2009 season with the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs of the independent Atlantic League and was 8-1 with a 1. 96 ERA in 69 innings, drawing the interest of the Braves. (MLB.com -- Milwaukee Brewers)
Aransas Project seeks proper management of Guadalupe River Basin Nov 18, 2009
They breed in Canada and winter at the ANWR. Its continued survival is at risk due to the loss of its primary food source, blue crabs. The diminished number of blue crabs has been linked directly to increased salinity levels around the ANWR. ... Scientific data behind the deaths shows the reduction in freshwater inflows from the GRB has directly impacted the number of blue crabs and subsequently impacted the whooping crane population. (Rockport Pilot, TX)
Chesapeake Crabbers Not Going for Va.'s Buyout Nov 13, 2009
"I like being outside, and I just absolutely love catching things absolutely love it," said waterman Joe Palmer, who works in drenching rain and searing sun to yank up traps laden with skittering blue crabs. Palmer, 54, illustrates the challenge fisheries managers face in Virginia and Maryland as they attempt to thin a bloated fleet of watermen that harvests the sweet-flavored shellfish synonymous with the bay. (ABC News -- Business)
Loving fishing's romance Nov 12, 2009
His is a world of blue crabs, oysters and fish ... We had picked up a bushel of nice fat oysters (each shell larger than a man's hand) and a bushel of big blue crabs before heading to the house for an evening feast ... In 2004, more than 34 million pounds of blue crabs - Callinectes ("beautiful swimmer") sapidus ("savory"), a most famous member of the seafood family - were harvested commercially in North Carolina, their do 00004000 ckside value topping $24 million. (News & Observer -- Sports)
Inside H Mart, for a cooking lesson like no other Nov 11, 2009
There are fewer boneless pieces available, but lots of ready-cut sashi mi, split blue crabs, and pre-packed seafood hot pot ingredients ready to mix with water. Lobsters are in tanks, abalone is in the freezer section, and clams and mussels are on ice, ready for customers to scoop their own into a plastic bag. (Boston Globe)
Soft-Shell Crabs Created On Demand? Oct 31, 2009
October 30, 2009 Researchers may have found a way to induce molting in blue crabs, which could increase the availability of soft-shell crabs, considered a delicacy ... Due to habitat loss and pollution, wild populations of blue crabs have plummeted over the last decade, spelling disaster for the crabs and those who rely on crabbing for a living. (National Geographic)
UAB research could boost coastal economics with crustacean molting on demand Oct 28, 2009
University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers are close to unraveling intricate cellular pathways that control molting in blue crabs ... University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) researchers are close to unraveling intricate cellular pathways that control molting in blue crabs ... Soft-shelled blue crabs are a delicacy enjoyed by food lovers each spring and early summer when the crustaceans naturally molt their hard outer shell in the wild. (EurekAlert!)
Click here to read more. Oct 2, 2009
Under clear, cool skies, hundreds of people shopped between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. for everything from turnip greens to softshell blue crabs to homemade jams from 30 vendors in recently renovated Rockefeller Gardens, bordered by The Casements and the Halifax River. Emily Tomazin, 10, stayed busy, helping weigh vegetables from her family's Samsula farm. (Daytona Beach News Journal -- Local)
Lotus flower seed makes good stew Sep 23, 2009
"I call it a Cajun peanut," said Casey LeBlanc, a Cajun from Des Allemands who runs Cajun Crab Connection, a company that ships Louisiana blue crabs across the country. "I grew up eating them, like bread and milk.". (The Augusta Chronicle)
Catch-and-release pond is a rod bender Aug 30, 2009
Look for these fish around channel markers, in rips and sounds, with live eels, cut fish, small blue crabs and live shrimp among the baits. King mackerel also are here, with artificial reefs and the Savannah Snapper Banks key areas. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Deaths of migrating whooping cranes spike Aug 26, 2009
A drought in Texas severely affected the whooping crane's foods of blue crabs and berries. Corn feeders were set up to supplement the cranes' diets, but only about half of them used the feeders. (MSNBC -- Environment)
400 crab traps snapped up from river Aug 17, 2009
Blue crabs live throughout the Indian River Lagoon, attracting commercial and recreational fishermen. Brevard County accounts for about three-fourths of the commercial catch in the lagoon, which also is in Volusia, Indian River, St. Lucie and Martin counties. (Florida Today)
EPA Meets With Marylanders On Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Plan Aug 15, 2009
Those efforts, however, have not stopped the decline of blue crabs and oysters, eliminated low-oxygen dead zones and have led to plans by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and other groups to sue the EPA to enforce the Clean Water Act. Fox said the draft report to be delivered Sept. 9 will contain "pretty bold ideas" and a "fair amount of new activity from all sectors of our society" that are likely to include stringent new standards for urban and suburban development and redevelopment. (W-USA News, DC)
3 home fires erupt Saturday, 1 person left dead Aug 9, 2009
"The blue crabs, ooh, and the soft-shell crab sandwiches are excellent. A lot of people go there by boat.". Kevin Winburn, executive chef at the Lake Beresford Yacht Club -- which burned to the ground two years and one week ago -- said Sunrise would be sorely missed. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
How to Go Crabbing Aug 4, 2009
Easy Ways to Catch Blue Crabs. Blue crabs are available along nearly all of the west Atlantic coast, from Nova Scotia to Argentina ... Blue crabs are very easy to catch throughout much of the coastal United States. (Suite101.com)
Judge Mills' letter intended to open Cedar Bayou talk Jul 22, 2009
Quite frankly Sir, I do not understand why state and federal agencies are delaying permits to reopen both of these passes especially the Feds, since last year alone, we lost 52 whooping cranes because there simply was not enough food for them to eat, and their principal diet is blue crabs. With the dry season we have had this year, the likelihood that the crab and other food sources will improve is just not possible, unless we can get these bays flushed and clean. (Rockport Pilot, TX)
Local man leases land to benefit whooping cranes Jul 10, 2009
The flats possess feeding alternatives for the whooping cranes when there is a lack of blue crabs and other marine life. Since the brush houses insects, snakes, and, after the brush has been burned, roasted acorns, it is a natural place for the birds to feed. (Port Lavaca Wave, TX)
Government non-profit vs. for profit (2) Jul 7, 2009
Chesapeake Bay blue crabs - Maryland s icon, the blue crab, has been fading away in Chesapeake Bay. Last year Maryland saw the lowest harvest (22 million pounds) since 1945. (Rockport Pilot, TX)
Lets go fishing Jun 27, 2009
After picking up some ice, live shrimp and blue crabs, we headed across Aransas Bay for Allyn s Bight where we anchored up along a weedy shallow shoreline which showed promise. We witnessed baitfish scattering as unseen predators slashed through the meandering schools. (Rockport Pilot, TX)
G-Braves add Halama to boost rotation Jun 17, 2009
The Braves found him pitching for the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs of the independent Atlantic League, where he was 8-1 with a 2. 05 ERA in nine starts. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Braves keep dancing around .500 mark Jun 16, 2009
Tidbits The Braves have purchased the contract of lefty John Halama, who last pitched in the Major Leagues for the Orioles in 2006, from the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs of the independent Atlantic League. Halama was 8-1 with a 2. (MLB.com -- Atlanta Braves)
Costly catch: runoff Jun 5, 2009
The potential payoff: more sport fish, blue crabs and other marine life that drive a $3. 7 billion economic engine in the five counties along the lagoon. (Florida Today)
Future is murky for University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute Jun 1, 2009
While other USM schools land startups that develop lifesaving drugs, UMBI is figuring out how to save the Chesapeake Bay blue crabs and harness excess energy from electrons to generate fuel cells. Merging UMBI with a bigger campus while keeping its faculty and centers intact would allow UMBI to tap the other schools administrative and other resources, COMB Associate Director Russell Hill said. (Washington Business Journal, DC)
Alganon Continent of Ard... May 26, 2009
For this reason, the giant Blue Crabs and strange Driftwood creatures have made this place their home. The Shimmer. (IGN PC Games)
Oceanside Luxury Made Affordable (Think Mexico) May 26, 2009
is offering a Spa and Sail package that includes a two-hour sail, a one-hour massage for two and a certificate for a dozen blue crabs and a pitcher of beer at a local restaurant. If you can go midweek (Sunday through Thursday), the rate is $570 for two nights including continental breakfast; on weekends, the rate goes up to $770 for two nights. (Time.com)
In Chesapeake Bay, the quiet kingdom of the crab May 24, 2009
A bike ride up Wharf Road leads to the Smith Island Crabmeat Co-Op where women supplement their families' soft shell incomes by picking and packing the meat of "hard" blue crabs ... About 12 miles from the charmed mainland town of Onancock, Tangier Island may belong to Virginia, but blue crabs and Joshua Thomas, the acknowledged father of Methodism among the Chesapeake islands, tie it closely to Smith across the state line ... Until now it hadn't occurred to me that the soft shells served in... (Boston Globe)
Obama steps up Chesapeake Bay cleanup May 14, 2009
In recent years, regional leaders have claimed some success in reducing pollution in the bay, the nation's largest estuary, but fisheries like blue crabs and oysters are well below their historic levels and scientists have warned of "dead zones" where nutrients like nitrogen fuel algae growth that deprives the water of needed oxygen levels. Obama's announcement came as the states that constitute the Bay watershed promised to accelerate their own cleanup efforts. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Obama issues order on restoring Chesapeake Bay May 13, 2009
The executive order establishes a Federal Leadership Committee, led by the Environmental Protection Agency to oversee restoration programs and orders the EPA to research its authority under the Clean Water Act to restore the Bay (Somerset Daily American, PA)
King: Waterman finds Chesapeake Bay... Apr 18, 2009
But he is here near its southern tip because it gets warmer here a bit earlier, and the warmer the water, the more feisty --- and active --- are the blue crabs for which the bay is famous. Don't Miss. (CNN -- Law)
Md., Va. Announce Crab Population Rebound in Bay Apr 18, 2009
The population of female adult blue crabs doubled from the previous year, while adult males increased by 50 percent, according to the 2009 winter dredge survey ... The survey estimates there are about 418 million blue crabs in the bay, an increase from 280 million crabs in the prior year's survey. (ABC 7 News, DC)
Evidence proves additional whoopers dead Apr 11, 2009
The cranes are believed to be feeding on fiddler crabs since blue crabs in the marsh ponds are still scarce due to the continuing drought. A blue crab count done April 1 found no crabs in the marsh. (Rockport Pilot, TX)
Look to stars Apr 11, 2009
As blue crabs struggled in the current our shrimp offerings produced sheepshead action continuously until Kramer exclaimed, Hey, this one is fighting differently than one of those bulldogging sheepshead. And he was right as a nice Spanish mackerel cruised the surface, took a look and headed toward safer surroundings only to be wrestled by Kramer into the net. (Rockport Pilot, TX)
Favorite fishing spot on Bolivar could soon be closed Apr 11, 2009
Neil Turner had a pretty good day catching blue crabs at Rollover Pass. "Put 'em on the barbecue pit. Good eatin'," Turner said. (KHOU.com, TX)
Soft-Shell Crabs are Almost in Season Mar 26, 2009
Spada explained that soft-shell crabs are really blue crabs that have recently molted and are in the process of growing their new shells. This allows the crustacean to be eaten whole, shell and all. (Epicurious.com)
Whooper mortality rate called highest in 20 years Mar 25, 2009
Blue crabs are still scarce due to the drought. These are the worst conditions I have ever observed for the cranes at Aransas, with some birds looking thin and with disheveled plumage, said Stehn. (Rockport Pilot, TX)
Health Of Whooping Cranes On Texas Coast A Source Of Worry Mar 24, 2009
The birds have had trouble finding food because low water levels have decreased the number of blue crabs. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service whooping crane coordinator Tom Stehn says these are the worst conditions he's seen and describes thin birds with disheveled plumage. (KWTX.com, TX)
Whooping cranes weakened by drought Mar 24, 2009
The birds have had trouble finding food because low water levels have decreased the number of blue crabs, which make up 85 percent of the endangered species' diet. "These are the worst conditions I have ever observed for the cranes at Aransas, with some birds looking thin and with disheveled plumage," Tom Stehn, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service whooping crane coordinator, wrote in a March 15 report. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Brevard Naturally: Crabs can be elusive, except for hitchhikers Mar 21, 2009
So, we decided to put an APB out to our marine education staff for blue crabs, crabs and hermit crabs ... In desperation, we bought a dozen live blue crabs from a local fish house ... Blue crabs like to let you know in a memorable way when you've been rude enough to step on them. (Florida Today)
Report Says Chesapeake Bay's Health Not Improving Mar 20, 2009
The report found that the population of the bay's hallmark blue crabs declined last year to 120 million, a decrease of 23 million from 2007. There was some good news, however. (W-USA News, DC)
Development takes toll on Chesapeake crabs Mar 4, 2009
But watermen aren't pulling blue crabs out of the Bay this winter. After years of decline, the U.S. Commerce Department declared the fishery a federal disaster last September and Maryland and Virginia shut it down until spring. (Scientific American)
History colors all of Turkey's Turquoise Coast Feb 8, 2009
We saw signs of one of the area's oldest civilizations when we took a skiff up the Dalyan River, passing fishermen who stood along its marshy edges catching blue crabs. The scene resembled the Mekong Delta in Vietnam. (Boston Globe)
