MARYLAND — Recreational crabbers will again face limits in Maryland.

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On Wednesday, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced the summer's blue crab daily catch and possession limits.

Unlicensed boats can have up to:

    24 male crabs if there is only one unlicensed person aboard
    48 male crabs with two or more unlicensed people aboard
    1 bushel of male crabs with at least one licensee and any number of unlicensed people aboard

If the boat is licensed, it can have one bushel of male crabs with any number of licensed or unlicensed people.

These regulations take effect on April 1 at 12:01 a.m. and run through June 30. The rules apply to non-professional crabbers in the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries, including the Maryland tributaries of the Potomac River.

https://patch.com/maryland/annapolis/recreational-crabbing-limit-imposed-chesapeake-battles-low-crab-count