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March 6, 2010

Watermen harvest "ghost" crab pots

Maryland's watermen are pulling in a little extra income while retrieving some of the thousands of crab pots they lose every year in the Chesapeake Bay. I wrote a story about the effort in The Baltimore Sun, which you can read here.

But as a bonus, here's a video, shot by Sun photographer/videographer Jed Kirschbaum, showing the watermen in action and explaining the work in their own words.

 

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Tim WheelerTim Wheeler reports on the environment and Chesapeake Bay. A native of West Virginia, he has focused mainly on Maryland's environment since moving here in 1983. Along the way, he's crewed aboard a skipjack in the bay, canoed under city streets up the Jones Fall from the Inner Harbor, and gone deep underground in a western Maryland coal mine. He loves seafood, rambles in the country and good stories. He hopes to share some here.

Contributor Christy Zuccarini has been blogging about the local DIY craft scene for a year for Baltimoresun.com. She brings her pespective on all things handmade to B'More Green, where she will highlight projects you can do yourself as well as crafters who are integrating sustainable methods and materials.
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