John R. Griffin, secretary of natural resources, announced Thursday afternoon that the state won't seek to freeze the licenses after all.
The proposal targeted up to 1,000 watermen who hold a Limited Crab Catcher license and who didn't report catching any crabs in the previous several years. Officials are concerned about the potential that those crabbers could become active in large numbers and deplete the fragile crab population, a...
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