On 30 Dec 2004 01:16:54 GMT, (Gould 0738) wrote:

The proposed 2005 Dungeness crab rules have been announced for Puget Sound.

The bag limit has been reduced from six crabs to four, with crabbing allowed
only on weekdays and a single day each weekend. It has become rather
predictable for sportsmen to get the short shrift when resources must be
allocated between
pleasure boaters, commercial crabbers, and the indigenous tribes.
snipped

Is the decrease because of a reduced crab population from over
harvesting or from dirty water?

I just received the Chesapeake Bay report for this past year. What a
mess. Soon there will be very few crabs for *anyone* in the bay, I'm
afraid. Huge areas are now considered 'dead zones'.

Don't know if you're interested, but just in case:
http://www.cbf.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=9769

Bad news, indeed!

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes