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21982
Abstract:
Debbie Wilkins owns the Crab Ranch and Debra's Soft Crabs, Inc. near Bath. She has been in business thirty years and is known from New Jersey to Florida as Queen of the Soft Crabs. Wilkins describes how her business operates.
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Record #:
21981
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Blue crabs are an important part of the state's commercial fishing industry, contributing $30 million a year. Many of the crabs caught in the Pamlico River are brought to the Crab Ranch on North Creek near Bath where they are graded by size. However, in the past seventeen years crabbing has declined. At its 1996 peak, over eight million pounds of blue crabs were caught in the Pamlico, but in 2011, slightly less than 3 million pounds were brought. Hurricanes seem to be the culprit as they have disrupted blue crab habitats.
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24523
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The author recounts his experiences catching live blue crabs on the coast of North Carolina as a child. Today, the overall blue crab populations have been depleted as a result of overfishing, pesticides in the water, parasites, and disease.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 45 Issue 3, August 1977, p21-22, il
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