Ghost Pots

Baltimore County watermen are working to clear lost crab pots that harm the Chesapeake Bay’s ecology and the commercial crab fishery. It’s a local effort aimed at a Baywide problem.

Back in 2016, a team of scientists from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science said watermen lost an astounding number—145,000 crab pots, leading to the…

Every year, Chesapeake Bay watermen toss about 600,000 pots overboard to catch one of our favorite delicacies – the blue crab. But inevitably, some of…