commercial crabbing
- Crabber Flags Maintenance Issues with Plastic Turtle Excluders on Bay Pots
Commercial crabber Nathan Everett told a Chesapeake Subcommittee that plastic turtle excluders face unstudied fouling and shrinkage risks that could impair crab pot performance and add lasting debris.
- Delegate Bloxom Raises Cost and Catch Concerns Over Turtle Excluders for Crab Pots
Virginia lawmaker questions expense, catch losses and study design tied to proposed turtle excluder requirements on commercial crab pots in a Chesapeake Subcommittee hearing.