In Maryland, blue crab is an essential part of life. Along the Chesapeake Bay — the nation’s largest estuary — its influence reaches beyond marine science and into local culture.
Alice Jane Lippson, a renowned marine biologist and author of Life in the Chesapeake Bay, once compared the Chesapeake Bay blue crab’s significance to Maryland as being as iconic as the Washington Monument is to Washington, D.C.
From traditional crab feasts to conservation efforts, this species remains deeply tied to the identity of the region.
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