Submerged aquatic vegetation, a critical blue crab habitat, bounces back in the Chesapeake Bay

Blue crab on board a boat with patch of grass behind it. — A blue crab rests in front of grasses hauled aboard waterman Mark Kitching's deadrise workboat from his crab scraper near Tangier Sound and Martin National Wildlife Refuge in Somerset County, Md., on Aug. 1, 2020. (Photo by Carlin Stiehl/Chesapeake Bay Program)

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Im confused alittle in regards to seagrass. The Little Annemessex River (Somerset Co) has a lot of seagrass, however, crab scrapers are allowed here. There is an abundance of dead seagrass on our beaches that breed thousands of biting bugs. I imagine crab scraping is affecting our blue crab population. Is crab scraping bad for our environment?

Planted a forest in my back and front yard to help the Bay!

You can check out the full dataset on the VIMS website here: https://www.vims.edu/research/units/programs/sav/reports/2022prelim/index.php

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