State may require license for all who go crabbing

[badbean]

www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bay_environment/bal-md.br.crabs13nov13,0,3297840.story

Permits considered for next year to get better tally of annual catch
By Timothy B. Wheeler

November 13, 2008

Anyone who wants to catch a crab in Maryland from the shore or a pier might have to pay to do so.

The state is considering regulations that would require all recreational crabbers to get licenses next year, according to a spokeswoman for the Department of Natural Resources. The fee may be as low as $2 for casual dockside crabbers who net or trap no more than two dozen crabs in a day.

Olivia Campbell, the DNR spokeswoman, said officials are considering the new rules so they can get a better understanding of how many crabs are caught by recreational crabbers. The state this year curtailed the catch of female crabs among commercial watermen in a bid to rebuild the crab population. But officials say their efforts to protect crabs are hampered by a lack of reliable information about how many are caught by recreational crabbers.

Many recreational crabbers already are required to have a license, but waterfront property owners and those on land catching crabs with dip nets have been exempt. There could be as many as 65,000 crabbers who are now exempt, according to the DNR.

Any move to cover them is likely to be controversial. Del. Anthony J. O'Donnell, a Republican representing Calvert and St. Mary's counties, said the state needs to find another way to track the recreational catch without tacking another fee on residents.

[tattoo]

Interesting , Thanks.

[ravlegend]

$2 is nothing just to register with the state.
I wondered what's the fine would be if caught w/o an license?

[murph]

$2.00 Still not a bad Deal,on a fun day out Crabbing

[jack1747]

www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bay_environment/bal-md.br.crabs13nov13,0,3297840.story

Permits considered for next year to get better tally of annual catch
By Timothy B. Wheeler

November 13, 2008

Anyone who wants to catch a crab in Maryland from the shore or a pier might have to pay to do so.

The state is considering regulations that would require all recreational crabbers to get licenses next year, according to a spokeswoman for the Department of Natural Resources. The fee may be as low as $2 for casual dockside crabbers who net or trap no more than two dozen crabs in a day.

Olivia Campbell, the DNR spokeswoman, said officials are considering the new rules so they can get a better understanding of how many crabs are caught by recreational crabbers. The state this year curtailed the catch of female crabs among commercial watermen in a bid to rebuild the crab population. But officials say their efforts to protect crabs are hampered by a lack of reliable information about how many are caught by recreational crabbers.

Many recreational crabbers already are required to have a license, but waterfront property owners and those on land catching crabs with dip nets have been exempt. There could be as many as 65,000 crabbers who are now exempt, according to the DNR.

Any move to cover them is likely to be controversial. Del. Anthony J. O'Donnell, a Republican representing Calvert and St. Mary's counties, said the state needs to find another way to track the recreational catch without tacking another fee on residents.

65,000 (exempt) + 49,000 (licensed) x 1 bushel/yr.  =  allot of crabs 

[tattoo]

WOW, sure is allot of crabs.

[CrabDog]

65,000 (exempt) + 49,000 (licensed) x 1 bushel/yr.  =  allot of crabs 

on that math alone that would be 114,000 crabbers if each caught only 1 bushel .... that would be 114,000 baskets.. say 6 dozen a basket = 6,840,000 crabs....  so that is almost 7 million if each crabber only caught 1 basket all year.  how many basket did you catch and start multiply out the numbers.. kinda staggering the fishery can support the demand on it.......when you look at at that way it is kinda scary....bottom line it is a heck of a lot of crabs. taken every year..

[ItalianMule]

I'd like to hear where they come up with their estimate of 65,000 crabbers. I'm not saying it's right or wrong I'd just like to know how they estimated it.

[dfran]

on that math alone that would be 114,000 crabbers if each caught only 1 bushel .... that would be 114,000 baskets.. say 6 dozen a basket = 6,840,000 crabs....  so that is almost 7 million if each crabber only caught 1 basket all year.  how many basket did you catch and start multiply out the numbers.. kinda staggering the fishery can support the demand on it.......when you look at at that way it is kinda scary....bottom line it is a heck of a lot of crabs. taken every year..

Hey dog,
You weren't a math teacher right....6 doz(72) per basket, 114,000 baskets...72x114,000=8,208,000 crabs
sorry......couldn't pass it up.

[DipNSip]

Dog's crabs are so big that he only counts 10 to the dozen.   

[CrabDog]

Hey dog,
You weren't a math teacher right....6 doz(72) per basket, 114,000 baskets...72x114,000=8,208,000 crabs
sorry......couldn't pass it up.

Actually I was thinking of 5 dozen when I punched it into the calculator = 60 crabs.. that might work.. and
D n S is right I usually don't keep crabs smaller that they usually work out to 5 dozen a basket..

[rdbeard]

 on a serious note multiply the 114,000 bu by 40 lb per bu. my math is not good but ,does that = over 45 million lbs? or am i putting somthing in the wrong colum? that would be more than the total comm. catch for 07.

[jack1747]

4,560,000 

[rdbeard]

 jack i got 5 0s on my calculator

[rdbeard]

never mind

[ItalianMule]

 

That reminds me of an email that was going around before the election. It suggested that instead of giving the 200 Billion dollars to the banks they should give split it up among every American of legal voting age. They concluded that everyone in America would get 450 thousand dollars when in actually it would have only been 450 dollars.   

[rdbeard]

 i'll take it, thanks

[Potty Mouth]

on that math alone that would be 114,000 crabbers if each caught only 1 bushel .... that would be 114,000 baskets.. say 6 dozen a basket = 6,840,000 crabs....  so that is almost 7 million if each crabber only caught 1 basket all year.  how many basket did you catch and start multiply out the numbers.. kinda staggering the fishery can support the demand on it.......when you look at at that way it is kinda scary....bottom line it is a heck of a lot of crabs. taken every year..

Hmmmmmm

[tattoo]

 

[125blackfire]

I agree, $2 isn't bad

[tattoo]

 

[ItalianMule]

The problem isn't the $2.00 it's the principle of the thing. Once they get a fee in place then it's easier to jack it up every year until it's just another huge money making scheme and another Tax.

[CrabmanC27C]

Hmmmmmm

Ante up,Whats the game???DEAL

[frankwyte4]

having  more licenses doesn't tell you how many crabs are being caught.  Don't be fooled whether they have a license or not they are still going to estimate what they caught instead of know what they caught.  They are playing the same game just with different rules. 

Please if you catch crabs in MD waters fill out the MD VOLUNTEER REC CRAB SURVEY.  If they are going to start making laws on estimates and not real numbers we can atleast say we tried to give them accurate numbers.  Doesn't make me feel good when they are going to start tightening regs when they are pulling numbers out of their [arse].

[crabbygramps]

having  more licenses doesn't tell you how many crabs are being caught.  Don't be fooled whether they have a license or not they are still going to estimate what they caught instead of know what they caught.  They are playing the same game just with different rules. 

Please if you catch crabs in MD waters fill out the MD VOLUNTEER REC CRAB SURVEY.  If they are going to start making laws on estimates and not real numbers we can atleast say we tried to give them accurate numbers.  Doesn't make me feel good when they are going to start tightening regs when they are pulling numbers out of their [arse].

   YEAH......WHAT HE SAID !!!!!!