According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, three local men were arrested for trying to steal 132 horseshoe crabs in Ocean City. Yes, people were actually trying to steal those terrible, creepy things. It may seem harmless but the horseshoes are used for medical and scientific purposes, along with keeping the ecosystem going. The Inky says that [...]
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Three Local Men Arrested For Harvesting Horseshoe Crabs, Presumably To Make Weirdest Food On Earth
Aired May 25th, 2011 on Animal Rights, Crabs and Seafood.0 CommentsWe don’t even know where to begin trying the explain the WTF-ness of this but… there are vending machines in Ninjing, Japan that vend live crabs. These vending machines began appearing in September and are temperature controlled, kept at 5-10 degrees Celsius, to keep the crabs in a state of hibernation. They can live for [...]
It’s war! Our beloved Delware Bay Blue Crabs are under attack by a Chinese invader. According to Wilmington’s The News Journal, the Mitten Crab (named for its hairy claws) probably arrived in ships’ ballast water and took up residence in the Bay’s intertidal zone, where it could be robbing the native blue crabs of food [...]
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That which you see above is the reason we do summer. We didn’t take this picture at home, oh friends of the shellfish, this shit’s live and in full color majesty at the freshly open Varga Bar. We recently sat down with Chef Evan Turney about his ‘All American’ menu, but he didn’t tip his [...]
Deadliest Catch Crab Legs Now Available At McCormick And Schmick
Aired November 24th, 2008 on Crabs, Phoodies, Seafood and specials.2 CommentsA Friday afternoon hankering for king crab legs led us straight into the chain beast that is McCormick & Schmick last week. And while joints like this are always a mixed blessing — in McCormick’s case, this means what is actually a really great Maryland crab soup but, by contrast, a frightful corporate vibe and [...]
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Maryland Officials Scared Of Overfishing Both “Male” And “Girl” Crabs
Aired April 24th, 2008 on Crabs.0 CommentsSorry: You caught us using the Ippolito’s terminology, which always raises a smile. (Why are males “male” but females “girls”? And what does this say about… oh, never mind, we almost don’t wanna know.) But the crab situation two states south is no laughing matter: State regulators suggested barring watermen from catching female crabs during [...]
