Chesapeake crabs: a rally? After lean years, cautious optimism in the bay. (Conservation).(Brief Article)

Extolled by writer H. L. Mencken as an "immense protein factory," the Chesapeake Bay is undergoing a long overhaul to rid it of pollution and restore its renowned fisheries. Current focus: blue crabs. A decade ago the bay landed half the nation's annual catch. Now it's less than a third.

But it's still the world's largest blue crab fishery, with 50 million pounds worth 55 million ...

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