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reply to carlene
What do you expect. Sure, let the watermen harvest every last crab in the bay, and then they'll blame the government for not forcing them to stop. It's not the watermen's fault the crab populations are dwindling, but it's in their best interest to reduce the harvest.
I guess it's time for the watermen to join conservationists who are against pollution, and liberals who believe everyone should have a safety net to ensure they can stay alive.
Carlene
The crab moratorium is not about Tangiers Island. It is much larger a problem than that. That Maryland and Virginia are finally working together to solve the disasterous dwindling of the crab population is a blessing. We should have learned from the near destruction of the Chesapeake oysters. Sure, this moratorium may hurt a little in the short term but Americans need to stop thinking of the instant gratification of "now" and look beyond to the future.