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    Anglers must stick to game plan to catch tripletail  09 Jan 2004
    No. 1 on the list is a live shrimp. Crabs and pilchards work well, too. Jigs, DOA Shrimp and DOA Crabs are the top artificials. ... (Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL)

    Blackfish there most days, but limit hurts business  09 Jan 2004
    Hueth said the blackfish are nailing green crabs, and he has a good supply for bait. "There are plenty of green crabs around," he said. "They're mixed in size. ... (Asbury Park Press, NJ)

    Where's the catch?  09 Jan 2004
    Admittedly I used to throw back spider crabs, green crabs and small rock fish which would have made a perfect bouillabaisse, but I didn't know then what I do ... (Independent, UK)

    Daily fishing report  09 Jan 2004
    Asian green mussels are the choice bait these days, and fiddler crabs, brown rock crabs and barnacles also work well. Speckled trout shouldn't be overlooked. ... (St. Petersburg Times, FL)

    Galapagos tourists get ecological feet wet  09 Jan 2004
    ...go on. Bright-red sally lightfoot crabs approach with curiosity, and sea lions bask in the sun along with the tourists. The creatures ... (Arizona Republic, AZ)

    TROUT TIPS  09 Jan 2004
    If they're collecting in an area, they're usually there to eat shrimp and crabs," Markham said. "Fish are going to go back to where the food source is. ... (South Florida Sun-Sentinel, FL)

    Army Corps approves Columbia dredging plan  09 Jan 2004
    Spain said that would smother a swath of ocean bottom that is teaming with juvenile Dungeness crabs that feed in the nutrient-rich waters near the river's mouth ... (kgw.com (subscription), OR)

    Spot On: Konami Gamer's Day 2004  09 Jan 2004
    Viewers were treated to a parade of monsters, including ogres, giant crabs, and dragons, as well as several speaking characters, including a scantily clad ... (GameSpot)

    Food Poisoning Patients Surge in 2003  09 Jan 2004
    As for the cause of the food poisoning, vibrio parahaemolyticus, which is transmitted through fish and crabs, took up 22 of the cases, followed by salmonella ... (Korea Times, South Korea)

    We all need to heed warning from this magnificent fish  09 Jan 2004
    Sockeye, chinook or coho, salmon define us the way crabs represent Maryland or the way shrimp feed the souls of people on the Louisiana Gulf Coast. ... (Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA)

    Toxic Amphibians Gather For Annual Mating Ritual  09 Jan 2004
    ...in the toxicity of the fugu fish, whose poison, TTX, is similar to the newt’s. TTX-producing bacteria have been found in algae, which are eaten by fish, crabs ... (Berkeley Daily Planet, CA)

    Crime watch: Jan 9  09 Jan 2004
    The boat, which normally brings in shrimps, crabs, fish and squids from Myanmar for trading, was found with cigarettes - Golden Triangle (150 cartons) London ... (Utusan Malaysia Online, Malaysia)

    Hyatt Resorts Makes an Active Vacation Simple  09 Jan 2004
    ...the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Golf Resort, Spa and Marina provides guests the opportunity to experience such activities as the art of catching crabs and ... (PRNewswire (press release))

    Tottori's treasure chest of crabs  Jan 5, 2004
    The Japanese love of four distinct seasons goes beyond the weather to reach the rough waters of the Japan Sea, where a treasure chest of crabs lures gourmet ... (Mainichi Shimbun, Japan)

    Fishermen cope with weak season for stone crabs  Dec 28, 2003
    A glimmer of hope is the number of undersized crabs trapped lately. Bert said research shows that when tiny crabs appear in traps ... (The Tallahassee Democrat)

    Where are the crabs?  Dec 30, 2003
    Locally the banning of prawn drag nets in the Leschenault Estuary is a good thing as no longer will small crabs and dead blowies be littering the foreshore. ... (Bunbury Mail, Australia)

    Crabs up for grabs  Dec 25, 2003
    Owners of Puget Sound's crabbing vessels are hauling out their calculators to figure how to play next month's $100 million federal buyback of fishing rights. ... (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

    Crabs go to waste for want of flights  Dec 18, 2003
    By PAUL DYER. Expensive mud crabs are dying by the hour because there are not enough flights to ship them out of Darwin. Denis Busch ... (NEWS.com.au, Australia)

    Harvest of crabs worst in 25 years  Dec 20, 2003
    ANNAPOLIS — Despite a late burst of blue crabs churned up by tropical storm Isabel, state environmental scientists are predicting the 2003 harvest of ... (Washington Times, DC)

    Crabs crunch Panthers  Dec 20, 2003
    ...by Andy Hall. Both Palatka varsity basketball teams dropped district games to the Sand Crabs Friday - the girls at home 67-59, the boys in Daytona Beach 79-69. ... (Palatka Daily News, FL)

    Got Plans?  Jan 8, 2004
    I remember that there was some sort of crab restaurant in Bethesda - a dive-ish sort of place that had lots of crabs really cheap. ... (Washington Post)

    Crabbers feel pinch of low harvest total  Dec 26, 2003
    ...s amiss with the area’s tastiest crustacean: For the second consecutive season, Lee County commercial fishermen are just not catching many stone crabs. ... (The News-Press, FL)

    Red Lobster needs changes to claw back business  Jan 8, 2004
    ...promotions appears to have come down since an all-you-can-eat crab promotion last fall flopped when customers consumed an unexpectedly large quantity of crabs. ... (Forbes)

    Fishing Report: 01.08.04  Jan 8, 2004
    ...are fair in the Intracoastal and the channel on live shrimp. Black drum are fair to good in the Intracoastal on shrimp and crabs. (Corpus Christi Caller Times, TX)

    Kennett's fine anytime  Jan 8, 2004
    Looking more like little crabs in wetsuits than future lifesavers, Brock and about 15 of the club's 20 young nippers spent the afternoon learning the finer ... (Geelong Advertiser, Australia)

    This 'N That  Jan 8, 2004
    Surely none would doubt that this was Carol's finest hour - that her ministration to this coral bound empire of fiddler crabs and breadfruit is the good ... (Michnews.com)

    Can Anybody Here Run This Country?  Jan 7, 2004
    Like the old saw about crabs in a basket, the hangers-on are most focused on pulling down Dean, who has been accused of everything from secret deals with Enron ... (Austin Chronicle, TX)

    BARC exploring photocatalysts to generate hydrogen from water  Jan 8, 2004
    ...active research also in the area of conversion of cheap natural polymers like 'alginates' and 'carrageens' from sea weeds, chitin from marine wastes of crabs ... (Hindustan Times, India)

    JFK Library offers kids' programs  Jan 5, 2004
    For more information, call children's librarians Natasha or Mechelle at 553-5279 or 648-5230. n Explore the world of hermit crabs Jan. ... (Times-Herald, CA)

    MANDEVILLE COMMUNITY MARKET  Jan 7, 2004
    Amish cheeses. -- Seafood: Jumbo shrimp, soft-shell crabs, fresh crab meat and flounders (fresh and boiled) and crawfish. -- Wine ... (Times Picayune, LA)

    New patrol vessel set to protect fragile reef  Jan 8, 2004
    The reef is home to 70 species of fish, 230 species of clams and snails, 50 species of crabs and shrimp, and hundreds of species of worms and other creatures. ... (Biloxi Sun Herald, MS)

    The News-Review  Jan 8, 2004
    A recreational shellfish license is now required for everyone over 14 when harvesting abalone, clams, crabs, crayfish, mussels, oysters, piddocks, scallops ... (The News-Review, United States)

    Saltwater Report  Jan 8, 2004
    ...shark. The Sea Stag pulled crab pots on the way back to the harbor, netting anglers aboard a couple Dungeness crabs each. Strange ... (Santa Cruz Sentinel, CA)

    Confused About the Federal Government's Fish Warning? Here Are ...   Jan 8, 2004
    The FDA lists shrimp, oysters, catfish, salmon, scallops, crabs and light tuna among fish and shellfish with "much lower mercury levels.". ... (Newhouse News Service (NNS))

    Shucking time reappears at Tiki Tim's within Jack's Lookout  Jan 6, 2004
    Also on the made-to-order menu, with an average waiting time of just a couple of minutes, are stone crabs when available, assorted shrimp appetizers and fried ... (Marco Island Eagle, FL)

    Borek proves simpler can be better when it comes to fishing  Jan 7, 2004
    Sometimes, even though he has the right baits, he still gets skunked. "Some days you just feed the crabs, but I still love it," Borek said. ... (Orlando Sentinel (subscription), FL)

    Cobb: Bluffton in January is easy living  Jan 5, 2004
    February. It's full of all sorts of possibilities. The blue crabs were in short supply last summer, and are greatly missed. It seems ... (Carolina Morning News, SC)

    Trebotich saw world as a sailor  Jan 8, 2004
    ...and crabbing. He often sold his crabs to residents for 10 cents a dozen so he could earn a little extra cash for the family. By ... (Biloxi Sun Herald, MS)

    Burke: Local fishermen reeling in more spotted sea trout  Jan 3, 2004
    ...been.". Fiddler crabs, the mainstay bait for catching sheepshead, are not nearly as plentiful at bait locations as are live shrimp. ... (Savannah Morning News, GA)

    Rudolph, the red-nosed crab  Dec 26, 2003
    When I saw three crabs climbing a tree, it was clear this was somewhere unusual. And that was nothing. If you go to Christmas Island ... (Mid-Day Mumbai, India)

    This is prime time for NW crab, a delicacy that dresses up or ...   Dec 29, 2003
    ...unchanged. They cover the dining room table with newspapers, then strew fresh whole steamed Dungeness crabs down the middle. Family ... (Oregonian, OR)

    Md. Blue Crab Harvest Expected to Fall  Dec 17, 2003
    By GRETCHEN PARKER. ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Despite a late burst of blue crabs churned up by Tropical Storm Isabel, state environmental scientists are predicting the ... (Newsday)

    Md. Blue Crab Harvest Expected to Fall  Dec 18, 2003
    17 — Despite a late burst of blue crabs churned up by Tropical Storm Isabel, state environmental scientists are predicting the 2003 harvest of Maryland's ... (ABC News)

    Crabbing your way to a fine catch  Dec 17, 2003
    My ancient hunter-gatherer genes had kicked in, and these were my own, hand-caught crabs, wrested from the deep, still dripping ocean water when we cooked them ... (San Francisco Chronicle, CA)

    Md. Blue Crab Harvest Expected to Fall  Dec 17, 2003
    By GRETCHEN PARKER, Associated Press Writer. ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Despite a late burst of blue crabs churned up by Tropical Storm Isabel, state environmental ... (Yahoo News)

    Md. Blue Crab Harvest Expected to Fall  Dec 17, 2003
    By GRETCHEN PARKER, Associated Press Writer. ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Despite a late burst of blue crabs churned up by Tropical Storm Isabel, state environmental ... (Los Angeles Times (subscription), CA)

    Md. Expects Worst Crab Harvest Since 1978  Dec 18, 2003
    ...(AP)--Despite a late burst of blue crabs churned up by Tropical Storm Isabel, Maryland is expecting the worst harvest of its signature seafood in 25 years. ... (Atlanta Journal Constitution, GA)

    Md. Expects Worst Crab Harvest Since 1978  Dec 19, 2003
    ...- Despite a late burst of blue crabs churned up by Tropical Storm Isabel, Maryland is expecting the worst harvest of its signature seafood in 25 years. ... (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

    Isabel blew ill wind at fishing  Dec 26, 2003
    While it did damage to other aspects of commercial fishing, Hurricane Isabel did bring some relief in the form of more crabs for the fall season. ... (Outer Banks Sentinel, NC)

    Md. Blue Crab Harvest Expected to Fall  Dec 17, 2003
    ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Despite a late burst of blue crabs churned up by Tropical Storm Isabel, state environmental scientists are predicting the 2003 harvest of ... (Belleville News-Democrat, IL)

    Scientists Say Crab Harvest Worst In 25 Years  Dec 18, 2003
    ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Despite a late burst of blue crabs churned up by Tropical Storm Isabel, state environmental scientists are predicting the 2003 harvest of ... (WBAL Channel.com, MD)

    Md. Blue Crab Harvest Expected to Fall  Dec 17, 2003
    Despite a late burst of blue crabs churned up by Tropical Storm Isabel, state environmental scientists are predicting the 2003 harvest of Maryland's signature ... (Tuscaloosa News, AL)

    Md. Scientists Predict 2003 Crab Harvest Worst in 25 Years  Dec 17, 2003
    Annapolis, Md. (AP) - Despite a late burst of blue crabs churned up by Tropical Storm Isabel, state environmental scientists are predicting the 2003 harvest of ... (WJLA, DC)

    Crab harvest may be worst in 25 years  Dec 17, 2003
    ANNAPOLIS -- Despite a late burst of blue crabs churned up by Tropical Storm Isabel, state environmental scientists are predicting the 2003 harvest of ... (Baltimore Sun, MD)

    Cheap Eats: Triple Crown  Jan 7, 2004
    If you don't mind the work they require, the Hong Kong-style blue crabs (lightly dusted with cornstarch, flash-fried and sprinkled with garlic and dried shrimp ... (Chicago Tribune (subscription), IL)

    Star Quarterback's Daddy, but a Legend All His Own  Jan 3, 2004
    Big Irv was the kind of guy who just a few months ago rousted a former player, now a young man, out of bed and drove him 30 miles to pick up fresh crabs so he ... (New York Times)

    Devastation from cyclone threatens future of Niue, the world's ...   Jan 7, 2004
    Niueans extol the island's heavenly beaches, the almost non-existent crime rate and the plentiful seafood that includes crabs so large that people walk them on ... (Independent, UK)

    Md. expects worst crab harvest since 1978  Dec 18, 2003
    ...(AP) — Despite a late burst of blue crabs churned up by Tropical Storm Isabel, Maryland is expecting the worst harvest of its signature seafood in 25 years. ... (Penn Live, PA)

    Md. Expects Worst Crab Harvest Since 1978  Dec 19, 2003
    Despite a late burst of blue crabs churned up by Tropical Storm Isabel, Maryland is expecting the worst harvest of its signature seafood in 25 years. ... (Lakeland Ledger, FL)

    Dungeness season opens with a full pot  Dec 16, 2003
    ...kicking writhing masses of buggy eyes and flailing, snapping claws – to dockside and, soon, to eager consumers awaiting the season’s first Dungeness crabs. ... (The Daily Astorian (subscription), OR)

    Md. expects worst crab harvest since 1978  Dec 19, 2003
    ...- Despite a late burst of blue crabs churned up by Tropical Storm Isabel, Maryland is expecting the worst harvest of its signature seafood in 25 years. ... (Boston.com, MA)

    Popular quilt stolen in vehicle burglary  Jan 6, 2004
    Quilt squares represent each of the state universities, familiar icons such as pelicans, fiddles and accordions, a muffuletta and a po-boy, crawfish, crabs ... (Times Picayune, LA)

    Fishing line & Top three  Jan 7, 2004
    EMERYVILLE: Crab combos produced bigtime for the fleet, hitting limits of rockfish, lings and Dungeness crabs from the waters out towards the Farallones. ... (Sacramento Bee, CA)

    Advocates push EPA to control invaders  Dec 30, 2003
    West Coast environmental groups have sued to force the US Environmental Protection Agency to regulate the spread of exotic crabs, snails and plants that ride ... (Press Herald, ME)

    Night cruising, meddling and crab catches  Dec 29, 2003
    Fisheries WA reminds fishers that the maximum bag limit is 20 crabs per person and not more than 40 crabs for two or more people on a boat with a minimum legal ... (Mandurah Mail, Australia)

    On the sea in Baja, trading the cold and drab for dolphins  Jan 4, 2004
    Here, we snorkeled around angelfish and wrasses, and explored tidal pools, where we found tiny hermit crabs the size of a baby's fingernail. ... (Boston Globe, MA)

    Conch farming  Jan 7, 2004
    The ultimate solution was to do it on land, where none of the predators can get to." Conch predators include lobsters, stingrays, crabs, octopuses, sharks and ... (Chicago Sun Times, IL)

    Hrithik takes a breather  Jan 6, 2004
    His five-day shopping and eating spree included branded boutiques at Paragon and Takashimaya, and chilli crabs at Long Beach, which he pronounced to be 'superb ... (Straits Times, Singapore)

    Even the fish are away  Jan 6, 2004
    But the only catch went to his nephew, Daniel Ranger, who claimed to have landed a metre-long kahawai. Jake Shaw, 15, said his haul amounted to a few crabs. ... (Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand)

    No crabbing about prices  Jan 4, 2004
    ...to wholesalers. But Hulliger admits he is ``doing a little better this year'' than last. ``Getting bigger crabs, too. This is the ... (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

    A walkabout with Aborigines  Jan 3, 2004
    ...to watch the sunset. Wave-worn rocks enclosed pools where aquamarine crabs watched us with glittering eyes. Long, black sea cucumbers ... (Los Angeles Times (subscription), CA)

    Sun, sand and a calm sea  Jan 7, 2004
    ...boats. We saw one villager separating crabs by their size, his catch that day, as Koni explained to us the fine points of fishing. ... (Bangkok Post, Thailand)

    Thai ecologist to join Japanese team on sea trip to Antarctica  Jan 7, 2004
    Antarctic waters. His scope of interest also covers the relationship between different species, including krill, crabs and fish. They ... (Bangkok Post, Thailand)

    Maryland expects worst crab harvest in 25 years  Dec 20, 2003
    Those who make their living processing and selling crabs felt the dearth, especially early in the season, which begins in April. ... (Madison Daily Leader, SD)

    Festive mood at peak at Ameyoko market  Dec 26, 2003
    Crabs, other fresh seafood and the ingredients of osechi New Year's dishes are selling briskly in Ameya-yokocho, a renowned shopping street in Ueno, Tokyo ... (Daily Yomiuri, Japan)

    Ask Tom  Jan 7, 2004
    Funniest menu sighting of late: Solf-shell crabs. (seen on a Thai restaurant's sandwich board while walking around DC on New Year's Eve). Thanks for the laugh. ... (Washington Post)

    Blue crab harvest likely dismal  Dec 18, 2003
    The harvest fell not because there were fewer crabs in the bay, but because fewer watermen were trying to catch them, said Phil Jones, a DNR fisheries manager. ... (Baltimore Sun, MD)

    Dredge hearing set for Jan. 13 in Dover  Jan 7, 2004
    ...canal. "There has been no mention of crabs in any environmental assessment considered thus far," Heaton cited as an example. "But ... (Bethany Beach Wave, DE)

    State Rep. Dennis Richardson-No Amnesia About Who He Represents.  Jan 6, 2004
    Richardson was featured on Chinese television and his picture holding two Oregon Dungeness crabs was circulated across China , in China 's largest newspaper. ... (NewsShadyCove.com, United States)

    Subscribe to the Free Newsletter  Jan 6, 2004
    And seafood is abundant -- crabs, shrimp, squids, mussels, an untold variety of fish and even lobster are drawn from the waters off Vietnam's coast or from the ... (goasia.about.com, Asia)

    Wildlife: Greed killing river terrapins  Jan 7, 2004
    ...nutrients and vitamins. When they are released back to the wild, the terrapins consume small fish, crabs and river plants. According to ... (New Straits Times, Malaysia)

    The real thing  Jan 6, 2004
    Their time of hunting had ended; the time of gathering (lobsters and crabs, mussels and scallops, every sort of fish) was about to begin. ... (Princeton Packet, NJ)

    Jerry Hill Outdoors  Jan 6, 2004
    He says some of the sheepies are big, and both small crabs and sandfleas are enticing takes from the big slab-sided panfish. Capt. ... (Bradenton Herald, FL)

    Getting back on the water  Jan 6, 2004
    ...crab. The boats set out crab pots, that they retrieve on the way back to port. Limits of six crabs per angler add to the take. If ... (Nevada City Union, CA)

    The simple pleasures of Tamarindo  Jan 3, 2004
    ...river banks. There were colorful mangrove crabs, a little blue heron, kingfishers, ibises, egrets and a tiger heron. Parakeets chattered ... (Baltimore Sun, MD)

    Stereotypical Asian Food  Jan 7, 2004
    Meanwhile, the soft-shell crab was unspectacular; the fried crabs themselves were almost tasteless, and the accompanying ponzu sauce was unexciting. ... (Tucson Weekly, AZ)

    Fish Report: Jan. 7  Jan 7, 2004
    ...boat Paramount has been scoring on big tautog on local wrecks over the past several days…many tautog in the 8-to-9-pound range being taken on green crabs ... (Allentown Morning Call, PA)

    Landmark restaurant sold, seafood house to open  Jan 7, 2004
    ...other paraphernalia. The restaurant will serve steamed crabs and seafood entrees along with steak, chicken and pasta dishes. The ... (Delaware Coast Press, DE)

    How to cook the island's favorite delicacy  Jan 1, 2004
    He says it can be prepared a variety of ways, but most people enjoy the crab's powerful flavor in broth. Crabs are found by hunting for them in the jungle. ... (Agana Pacific Daily News, GU)

    Hand-to-mouth experience  Dec 21, 2003
    By ROBERT N. JENKINS, Times Staff Writer. Bennett Orr holds two stone crabs caught in a single trap off Marathon, in the Florida Keys. ... (St. Petersburg Times, FL)

    No dearth of fun things to do in Perth  Dec 26, 2003
    ANDREW SIA follows two Malaysian contest winners on an ‘Amazing Race’ challenge around Perth involving dolphins, kangaroo paws, crabs, bells and balls. ... (The Star, Malaysia)

    Bay Leaders Mark 20th Anniversary by Forming Financing Panel, ...   Dec 29, 2003
    To ensure the long-term health of the Bay's blue crabs, Executive Council members also amended the Blue Crab Fishery Management Plan to include new harvest ... (Earthvision)

    Environmental groups sue EPA over perils from ballast water  Dec 28, 2003
    Besides crowding out native plants and animals, aquatic invaders such as Chinese mitten crabs can be expensive to control once they're here. ... (The Columbian, WA)

    Old Marco Lodge captures that old Florida feel  Dec 18, 2003
    Start off with the perennial favorite, the Garlic Crabs or the stone crab claws served hot or cold. The soups are a good bet too. ... (Marco Island Sun-Times, FL)

    Oil spill costs - - in dollars , ecological damage - - rising  Jan 3, 2004
    One, a gull, has died. But the other bird, a Western grebe, is recovering. The spill killed dozens of Dungeness crabs at the tribal reserve. ... (Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA)

    VN plans new export centre in UAE  Jan 4, 2004
    However, many Vietnamese exports are exempt from tax payments, including fresh seafood, frozen shrimp and crabs, fresh vegetables and fruits, coffee, packed tea ... (Vietnam Economic Times, Vietnam)

    Schoeffler discusses protecting environment  Jan 4, 2004
    ...starts. A farmer puts rice into the marketplace. A fisherman puts fish into the marketplace, or crawfish or crabs. These create life. ... (The Advertiser, LA)

    Tribune community notes: January 5  Jan 5, 2004
    Pastas in the shape of palm trees, fish, crabs and flamingos will also be available. Chocolate manatees and dolphin will satisfy any sweet tooth. ... (Jupiter Courier, FL)

    New Mississippi regulation requires name tags on crab traps  Dec 26, 2003
    Floyd said those traps held an estimated 8,000 to 10,000 crabs. The new regulation is also expected to cut down on instances of trap theft, Floyd said. ... (Biloxi Sun Herald, MS)

    `Robo-crabs' logging data for scientists  10 Dec 2003
    Scientists hope the backpack-toting animals will provide crucial insights into the life cycle of the Chesapeake Bay's female blue crabs and a boost to a ... (Chicago Tribune (subscription), IL)

    Getting there can be a drag, but Virginia's Eastern Shore is ...   10 Dec 2003
    In early morning, it's apparent that the beach, a playground for the humans, is a housing development for "ghost crabs," as Bonnie Nottingham, the proprietress ... (The Free Lance-Star, VA)

    Governors to request billions for Bay cleanup  10 Dec 2003
    The leaders also set new, loftier goals for restoring underwater grasses that breathe oxygen into the Bay and shelter fish and crabs, and they agreed to ... (Virginian Pilot, VA)

    Free Will Astrology  10 Dec 2003
    ...and get briefed by people who read the news themselves." Please don't imitate Bush's approach as you gather information in the coming days, my fellow Crabs. ... (Village Voice, NY)

    Shellfish and swimming bans hit beaches  10 Dec 2003
    ...pupu (catseyes). Paua, crabs, crayfish and fin fish can be eaten safely if the gut is removed before cooking. Paralytic shellfish ... (Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand)

    World's largest fish market to move  10 Dec 2003
    Hundreds of tourists pour in every morning to wander the waterlogged aisles filled with buckets of crabs, heaps of purple octopuses, piles of silver eels and ... (Seattle Times, WA)

    Malaria one of dangers facing Norwegian coast  10 Dec 2003
    Foreign seaweed and crabs are destroying the coastline and expensive and extensive cleaning is needed or the beaches and the rocky coastline will be overgrown ... (Aftenposten, Norway)

    Japanese visitors flock to Guyra  10 Dec 2003
    By keeping the Mother of Duck lagoon healthy, these snipe have a place where they can 'refuel' by feeding on worms, insect larvae and tiny freshwater crabs ... (Guyra Argus, Australia)

    Oil Spill at Jersey Shore  10 Dec 2003
    Great Egg Harbor. That harbor is home to many migrating shorebird species, as well as shellfish and crabs. Conectiv is investigating ... (WPVI, PA)

    A lifelong walk in the park  10 Dec 2003
    ...a conference center, displays of wildlife and memorabilia from the park, including engraved plates upon which bountiful seafood suppers -- soft-shelled crabs ... (Baltimore Sun, MD)

    THE SEARCH FOR ANSWERS  10 Dec 2003
    ...a kind of rapid response SWAT team against an infectious assault and they are present in virtually every living thing -- from cows to crocodiles to crabs ... (Newark Star Ledger, NJ)

    Angler's Outlook: Coast Guard's new 'Rescue 21' system could save ...   10 Dec 2003
    Tipped jigs, lures, live shrimp, crabs, pinfish and minnows are just a few of the many baits and methods that will be successful for these species. ... (Marco Island Eagle, FL)

    Downtown LA offers snazzy new attractions  10 Dec 2003
    ...the sawdust-covered aisles, past stands selling ginseng tea, lemon balm, stuffed goat heads, deep-fried smelt, plantains and coconuts, mole paste, live crabs ... (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

    EAT, DRINK AND BE PERRY  10 Dec 2003
    ...iceberg lettuce and a freshly made cocktail sauce. Mud crabs are another great summer experience. I grew up eating them; the first ... (Ninemsn, Australia)

    Strange nimble crabs may have walked to Finland along sea bottom  Nov 25, 2003
    Two possible explanations are being offered for the sudden invasion of Chinese mitten crabs (eriocheir sinensis) from the North Sea to the shores of Finland. ... (Helsingin Sanomat, Finland)

    Warnings issued on eating Dungeness crab Commercially harvested ...   Dec 2, 2003
    The Oregon Department of Agriculture is advising recreational harvesters of Dungeness crab from a large portion of the coast to avoid eating the viscera, or ... (Hillsboro Argus, OR)

    First View Of Giant Crabs - At Home On The Slope  Dec 1, 2003
    ...in relation to habitat features, evaluating ecosystem links with the seabed habitats and assessing the abundance, sex, condition and size of the giant crabs. ... (Science Daily (press release))

    Researchers turn cameras on giant crabs  Nov 25, 2003
    Scientists are hoping to use a deep sea camera to monitor giant crab populations on Tasmania's west coast. Researchers have just ... (ABC Online, Australia)

    Snap! Focus on giant crabs  Nov 26, 2003
    By TIM MARTAIN. GIANT crabs have been viewed in their natural habitat for the first time, thanks to a specially designed camera platform. ... (Hobart Mercury, Australia)

    Blue Crabs in Chesapeake level off at historic lows  Nov 14, 2003
    The 15 legislators on the commission look to the panel's work to advise them on how to regulate the crabbing industry, which has suffered as the bay's crabs ... (WMAR (ABC2), MD)

    King crabs scare fishing industry, but excite tourism  Nov 17, 2003
    Fishermen along Norway's northern coast caught four king crabs in their nets last week, and it scares them. Tourist officials, however ... (Aftenposten, Norway)

    Georgia crabbers offer proposal to protect adult female crabs  Nov 21, 2003
    ...officials working to restore Georgias blue crab population, commercial crabbers now are considering a proposed month-long ban on harvesting adult female crabs. ... (Access North Georgia, GA)

    Duties of ''fish cops'' have grown  Dec 7, 2003
    ...waters. Hide illegal fish under seat cushions. Catch endangered species. Raid sanctuaries for female crabs about to give birth. They ... (Virginian Pilot, VA)

    Concert includes everything from Charpentier to crabs  Nov 18, 2003
    As a special treat actor, writer and singer David DeBoy will be performing his hit novelty song single "Crabs for Christmas," with the Chorus. ... (City of Gaithersburg, MD)

    Dungeness season opens with crabs from Washington  Nov 16, 2003
    Normally, the beginning of crab season - which was yesterday this year - would have featured crabs born and raised at local venues. ... (Marin Independent-Journal, CA)

    Crab season -- settled? If tests show crabs are ready, fishermen ...   Nov 18, 2003
    The only glitch that could prevent Eureka, Trinidad and Crescent City boats from running out to sea on Dec. 1 is the quality of the crabs. ... (Times-Standard, CA)

    Oregon shellfish licensing comes of age  Dec 9, 2003
    Anyone 14 or older who collects clams, crabs, mussels, shrimp, scallops and other shellfish will, beginning Jan. 1, be required to buy a state license. ... (The Daily Astorian (subscription), OR)

    IF YOU ’ RE GOING  Dec 7, 2003
    We came to Cajun Country in late summer to fish for “bull reds,” big female red drum that feed heavily at that time of year on crabs and fish that abound ... (The State, SC)

    Fish camp: Crustaceans without pretension  Dec 7, 2003
    ...into his traps. Arrington is no Brad Pitt, that's for sure, but he knows crabs - the spots, the traps, the seasoning. "I come out ... (Ocala Star-Banner, FL)

    Crabber serves up slice of old Florida  Dec 7, 2003
    ...into his traps. Arrington is no Brad Pitt, that's for sure, but he knows crabs - the spots, the traps, the seasoning. "Just gives ... (The Tallahassee Democrat)

    Muddies may make millions  Dec 3, 2003
    By next year the north Queensland town should be producing more than one million mud crabs a year in the world's first commercially viable mud crab farm. ... (Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia)

    Invasion of the mud snail  Dec 9, 2003
    There have been the Mediterranean fruit fly, killer bees, glassy-winged sharp shooters, mitten crabs in the Delta, pike in Davis Lake and now New Zealand Mud ... (Nevada City Union, CA)

    Oh, Tannenbaum  Dec 8, 2003
    We have a friend in the group that catches the crabs. Then we eat the crabs and clean the shells," said Elton Foster, of the Point Island Garden Club. ... (Biloxi Sun Herald, MS)

    Ireland ’ s beaches covered in litter  Dec 6, 2003
    Fishermen in the region are said to be catching crabs by putting tyres along the tide line. Crabs nest in the hollows of the tyres and are later harvested. ... (The Sunday Times (subscription), UK)

    Crabbers to get more relief  Dec 2, 2003
    Not only that, if you run a seafood store and haven't had enough crabs to sell or are involved in promoting the consumption of crabs, tell the state that you ... (Washington Times, DC)

    Eviction notice for tuna  Dec 9, 2003
    Hundreds of tourists pour in every morning to wander the waterlogged aisles filled with buckets of crabs, heaps of purple octopuses, piles of silver eels, and ... (Christian Science Monitor)

    Chicks' pick  Dec 9, 2003
    Charlotte's twenty-something date gives her crabs; Miranda sues a hairstylist for age discrimination; and Carrie discovers Big is dating a 26-year-old named ... (Sydney Morning Herald, Australia)

    A Troubling Picture of the Bay  Dec 9, 2003
    Agency's Chesapeake Bay Program. There also could be revisions to rules on harvesting blue crabs, he said. Yesterday, Ehrlich said ... (Washington Post)

    Wining and dining with Asian food  Dec 9, 2003
    Those who love their crabs will know that a light butter or vinegar sauce would be the perfect match for crab, as it brings out the meat’s flavor by ... (Manila Times, Philippines)

    Bring on the holidays  Dec 9, 2003
    ...caravan. Many people are waiting for the crabs to arrive in the estuary, the diary says they are at least a couple of weeks away. ... (Bunbury Mail, Australia)

    Jerry Hill Outdoors  Dec 9, 2003
    Sheepshead were hitting on fiddler and other small crabs. Snook fishermen soaking ballyhoo or snakefish beneath the pier at night are doing well. Capt. ... (Bradenton Herald, FL)

    Oil Spill Cleanup Under Way At Electric Plant  Dec 9, 2003
    Great Egg Harbor Bay is home to many migrating shorebird species, bald eagles, shellfish and crabs, according to the New Jersey Audubon Society. (WNBC, NY)

    New laws set to hook fishermen  Dec 5, 2003
    ...take effect on December 13 and include the State Government's coral reef fin fish management plan and new limits for spanish mackerel and blue swimmer crabs. ... (Brisbane Courier Mail, Australia)

    Brevard boasts rare fossils  Nov 19, 2003
    Although ghost crabs range from Rhode Island to Brazil, the only place to find their fully intact fossils is from Satellite Beach to Melbourne Beach. ... (Florida Today, FL)

    Price, competition turn fishermen crabby  Dec 6, 2003
    SAN FRANCISCO - The live Dungeness crabs unloaded from boats at Fisherman's Wharf don't appear happy, their legs waving madly in the brisk evening air as they ... (Monterey County Herald, CA)

    Dungeness crab season off to 'big, fat' start  Nov 18, 2003
    By TIM TESCONI. Workers at the North Coast Fisheries plant cooked and packed the season's first Dungeness crabs Monday for delivery to Sonoma County markets. ... (Santa Rosa Press Democrat, CA)

    Rich ecosystem cradles sea life, defines landscape  Nov 19, 2003
    ...egrets. Mud teems with skittish crabs that dart underground should you so much as take a deep breath. But inhale deeply anyway. ... (Georgetown Times, SC)

    Stepping Up Efforts To Clean Chesapeake Bay  Dec 8, 2003
    While shad, rockfish, and underwater grasses have started to rebound, the bay's most crucial populations-- crabs and oysters-- have reached dangerous lows. (WJZ, MD)

    Leaders set to discuss future of bay cleanup  Dec 8, 2003
    While rockfish, shad and underwater grasses have begun to rebound, the populations most crucial to the bay's health and economy - crabs and oysters - appear to ... (Baltimore Sun, MD)

    State weighs partial gillnet ban  Dec 8, 2003
    A 300-foot abandoned gillnet in Nawiliwili Bay last week had caught a green sea turtle, shark, lobster, several varieties of fish, crabs and other species, and ... (Honolulu Advertiser, HI)

    South Carolina fishing reports  Dec 6, 2003
    Large trout are being caught on the south tip of Parris Island. Sheepshead are biting near bridge piling or any structured bottom using fiddler crabs. ... (Greenville News, SC)

    At A Glance  Nov 29, 2003
    Outdoors: Crabbers warned not to eat guts of some Dungeness The Oregon Department of Agriculture has advised those who harvest Dungeness crabs from much of the ... (Oregonian, OR)

    Modern but yet engaging  Dec 3, 2003
    On sale are not only an amazing range of fruits and vegetables but also fish and shellfish galore (four kinds of crabs, some as tiny as a half-dollar, others ... (Bangkok Post, Thailand)

    SETI@Home Publishes Skymap  Dec 8, 2003
    I suppose we are talking about bacteria? Not only bacteria. There are some species of crabs, fish and worms that are also completely cut off from solar energy. ... (Slashdot)

    Where Power Talks, Discreetly  Dec 7, 2003
    Fresh rolls are in the warmer -- check. The cooks are chopping vegetables and picking crabs -- check. Soups are simmering -- but where's the ladle? ... (Washington Post, DC)

    Nesting turtles are magic nocturnal spectacle  Dec 7, 2003
    This long stretch of pristine beach north of South Africa's Sodwana Bay is covered at night with aptly-named "ghost crabs," little white beasts that scuttle in ... (Planet Ark, NY)

    Bay advocacy group asks state to push for pollution cuts  Dec 7, 2003
    Chesapeake Bay Program. The grass serves as a nursery for bottom-dwelling crabs, oysters and young fish, Conner said. Pennsylvania is ... (Penn Live, PA)

    Cliff Budd: Try backcountry if sea unruly  Dec 7, 2003
    ...fronts. Big bull redfish up to 40 inches are plentiful on the outgoing tide using jumbo live shrimp and crabs for bait. Pompano ... (WPTV, FL)

    Daughter assumes role as Kamalen kamarera  Dec 7, 2003
    8, 2002. According to the statue's legend, a fisherman found her in the waters off Merizo, carried by crabs with candles on their backs. ... (Agana Pacific Daily News, GU)

    More derelict fish wash up in Chico Bay  Dec 3, 2003
    Anna Neal, who lives next to the Chico boat ramp, said a net full of dead fish, crabs and starfish washed ashore about a week ago next to the ramp. ... (Bremerton Sun, WA)

    Disastrous season enters final month  Dec 4, 2003
    Chesapeake Bay crab-producing states have experienced bumper crab catches this fall, seriously curbing demand for Gulf Coast crabs on the Eastern seaboard. ... (Times Picayune, LA)

    Having a blast  Dec 7, 2003
    ...affect 1st Mariner. The two also talk about setting a date to eat crabs with another former governor, Marvin Mandel. Hale's keen ... (Baltimore Sun, MD)

    Isabel destroyed Colonial Beach restaurant, but not owner's ...   Dec 6, 2003
    For a minute, it was such a sickening sight that I let myself think about ditching it all and getting out," said Moncure, who fishes and crabs in addition to ... (The Free Lance-Star, VA)

    In the 1880s, Burgess was mover, shaker  Dec 7, 2003
    Exposition. Along the shore of the Straits we would catch fine large crabs. We would fill a washtub about half full and drag it home ...". ... (Contra Costa Times, CA)

    Outdoors Calendar  Dec 7, 2003
    3:30-4:30 pm Tues-Thus. "Sex & Gluttony on the Delaware Bay": permanent exhibit on annual horeshoe crab egg-laying, attacks on crabs by migrating birds. ... (Philadelphia Inquirer, PA)

    In Avila Beach, 'oil's' well that ends well  Dec 7, 2003
    A wooden tank of seawater held hundreds of red-orange crabs, pincers waving above their heads. The ocean water outside the tank teemed with life, too. ... (Modesto Bee, CA)

    Crabber hangs onto a rustic life on shore  Dec 8, 2003
    ...into his traps. Arrington is no Brad Pitt, that's for sure, but he knows crabs -- the spots, the traps, the seasoning. "I come out ... (South Florida Sun-Sentinel, FL)

    Sunset High students learn about sea life from the source  Dec 4, 2003
    OCEANSIDE ---- Sand stars, crabs and dolphins don't usually visit the classroom, so one option is to take the classroom out to sea. ... (North County Times, CA)

    Area fishing report  Dec 3, 2003
    ...topwaters. PORT ARANSAS: Bull redfish are fair in the surf near the North Jetty on finger mullet, cracked crabs and cut bait. Sheepshead ... (San Antonio Express, TX)

    PAWS for a cause: Student launches animal-rights organization  Dec 7, 2003
    ...she cares so much. She has a rabbit, two dogs, two cats, two rats, fiddler crabs and "lots of fish," she said. "People always ask ... (South Florida Sun-Sentinel, FL)

    Hong Kong Style  Dec 2, 2003
    ...tastes. Next, look to the fish tanks! Blue tanks of fresh fish, crabs, eels, and lobsters line one wall near the kitchen. Seek out ... (Minneapolis City Pages, MN)

    Seismic tests threaten NS sea life: prof  Nov 29, 2003
    A blast like that, they can hear that quite a ways away and if they are near, it's going to scare the s--- right out of them.". Snow crabs might fare worse. ... (National Post, Canada)

    Fort Vancouver Ginger Biscuits  Dec 1, 2003
    In "Dungeness Crabs and Blackberry Cobblers," author Janie Hibler includes this recipe. She writes, "Imagine a buttery ginger cookie ... (Oregonian, OR)

    Delray restaurant opens doors to needy  Nov 27, 2003
    ...carrying a garbage bag full of his only possessions, Dave seemed uncomfortable seated among the white linen tablecloths and fine china at Jimmy’s Stone Crabs ... (Boca Raton News, FL)

    Early price pact ensures abundant crab supply for shoppers  Dec 1, 2003
    ...on its way. "I think it's great that they've reached their terms to get them fishing early and get crabs on the market. It was awfully ... (Oregonian, OR)

    A Season for Crab  Nov 20, 2003
    The meat will crumble rather than pull apart in strings. Live crabs stop eating after they're caught. As they sit in tanks at the market, they begin to starve. ... (Mountain View Voice, CA)

    The Crab Pot Restaurant  Nov 29, 2003
    Kurt. I was nervous this time - one wall of the Crab Pot is covered with Polaroid photos of people holding gigantic whole crabs. ... (Anchorage Press, United States)

    Oldest, undeniably male fossil found in British rock group  Dec 6, 2003
    They are bivalves, but are more closely related to crabs and lobsters than to clams or oysters. Most animals in this group graze on dead organic matter. ... (USA Today)

    Group wants Ottawa, NS to stop seismic tests  Dec 3, 2003
    Fishermen are particularly worried the powerful sound blasts that are dragged behind a boat will scare away fish and harm snow crabs since the sound will go ... (Toronto Star, Canada)

    Oldest male fossil found in British rock formation  Dec 5, 2003
    ...deep oceans to shallow streams. They are bivalves, but are more closely related to crabs and lobsters than to clams or oysters. (London Free Press, Canada)

    Male fossil discovered may be oldest on record  Dec 5, 2003
    Earth. They are bivalves, but are more closely related to crabs and lobsters than to clams or oysters. Most eat dead organic matter. ... (Seattle Times, WA)

    Tiny fossil found to have the world's oldest known penis  Dec 4, 2003
    ...means "swimmer with a large penis", is just 5mm (2/10ths of an inch) long and a member of a group of crustaceans known as the ostracods, crustaceans like crabs ... (Independent, UK)

    Oldest Male Fossil Is Found  Dec 5, 2003
    ...to shallow streams. They are bivalves, but are more closely related to crabs and lobsters than to clams or oysters. Cronin said ... (Newsday)

    Researchers find oldest male fossil  Dec 4, 2003
    They are bivalves but are more closely related to crabs and lobsters than to clams or oysters. Most animals in this group graze on dead organic matter. ... (The Globe and Mail, Canada)

    Voyage will retrace Steinbeck-Ricketts trip to Sea of Cortez  Dec 3, 2003
    ...the Gulf as possible," the authors wrote, so they collected as many invertebrate species as they could find, including snails, sea stars, sea cucumbers, crabs ... (Stanford Report)

    THE WEEKLY WRAP  Dec 4, 2003
    Sidling along the seafloor minding their own business, Dungeness crabs in great numbers are abruptly pulled from the deep, cooked and then eaten. ... (North Coast Journal, CA)

    Outdoors Forecast  Dec 4, 2003
    Mid/coast: A domoic acid alert has been extended from razor clams to Dungeness crabs south of Cape Lookout, although crabbing has not been closed. ... (Oregonian, OR)

    Elsewhere on the Web  Dec 6, 2003
    And seafood is abundant -- crabs, shrimp, squids, mussels, an untold variety of fish and even lobster are drawn from the waters off Vietnam's coast or from the ... (goasia.about.com, Asia)

    Commissioners won't sell Everglades Airpark property  Dec 2, 2003
    The airport is extremely important to Everglades City," resident Claudia Davenport said. "People fly in and buy stone crabs. They ... (Naples Daily News, FL)

    CRAB SEASON LOOKING GOOD  Dec 3, 2003
    The quality is really good. They're really sweet, succulent crabs this year. You've got to try some," Dairy said with a smile. "Happiness is a full boat.". ... (Curry Coastal Pilot, OR)

    Seafood Major Tiger Bay Plans Mega Expansion  Nov 27, 2003
    ...says. The restaurant’s menu include prawns, lobsters, squids, crabs, soft shell crabs and a variety of other seafood items. Depending ... (Financial Express, India)

    Proposed tarpon rules no cure all  Dec 3, 2003
    And a rain/drought cycle that may have created lean pickings in the tarpon food chain at Boca Grande will just as likely provide crabs aplenty in the future. ... (The News-Press, FL)

    Crab conflict boils over  Nov 14, 2003
    ...things continued as they were, fishing boats from the three unified associations would remain dockside until at least Sunday, which would mean the first crabs ... (San Mateo Daily Journal, CA)

    Bay Area's Dungeness Crab Season Opens With Out-Of-State ...   Nov 17, 2003
    MARIN, Calif. -- Dungeness crab season opened Sunday in the San Francisco Bay Area, but the crabs on offer weren't local. In Marin ... (NBC 11.com, CA)

    Kayakers take a closer look at Florida's backcountry  Nov 15, 2003
    ...a glimpse of the Keys ecosystem to tourists and locals who take the time to observe baby snappers fighting the current and tarantula-looking tree crabs ... (Knoxville News Sentinel, TN)

    Troubled waters for local crabbers  Nov 28, 2003
    The live Dungeness crabs unloaded from boats at Fisherman's Wharf don't appear happy, their legs waving madly in the brisk evening air as they edge closer to ... (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

    THE FISHING REPORT  Dec 4, 2003
    It's all crabs and rockfish, at least through Sunday, when the Department of Fish and Game once again (long story involving a judge and a scattered department ... (San Francisco Chronicle, CA)

    AP ’ s leading fish market in troubled waters  Nov 30, 2003
    The market also sends ‘ragandi’ and ‘botchelu’ fish varieties, pandukappalu’, ‘sanduvayalu,’ ‘pamphret’, ‘sinkuroyyalu’(prawn), ‘crabs ... (Business Standard, India)

    Charleston to Savannah  Nov 26, 2003
    In the outdoor salt-marsh exhibit, crabs scurry beneath the tall marsh grass, but in the wild the crabs may prove more elusive. ... (MSNBC)

    Brevard boasts rare fossils  20 Nov 2003
    Although ghost crabs range from Rhode Island to Brazil, the only place to find their fully intact fossils is from Satellite Beach to Melbourne Beach. ... (Florida Today, FL)

    A Season for Crab  20 Nov 2003
    The meat will crumble rather than pull apart in strings. Live crabs stop eating after they're caught. As they sit in tanks at the market, they begin to starve. ... (Mountain View Voice, CA)

    Environmentalists sue over Newark Bay dioxin  20 Nov 2003
    ...environmentalists say, is that dioxin in bay sediment is ingested by clams, worms and other marine life, which in turn are eaten by blue claw crabs and striped ... (Newsday)

    Close to Nowhere  20 Nov 2003
    ...told her No New Animals until they can help her take care of the ones they have (two horses, three dogs, assorted cats and a couple of hermit crabs -- not a ... (Holly Springs South Reporter, MS)

    East Woods School Students Visit Christeen  20 Nov 2003
    ...dredges. The day's "catch" included oyster, scallops, mussels, spider crabs, horseshoe crabs, among other marine organisms. Christeen ... (Oyster Bay Enterprise Pilot, NY)

    Eat the Invading Alien Crabs, Urge UK Scientists  Nov 13, 2003
    Rainbow says the export of British-caught mitten crabs would help take the pressure off native plants and animals at risk from the advancing invaders. ... (National Geographic)

    Study of blue crabs nears end  Nov 8, 2003
    The two had just pulled 20 wire-mesh crab pots out of the Hudson, collecting and measuring about a dozen crabs before returning them to the water. ... (White Plains Journal News, NY)

    Invasive crabs a threat  Nov 10, 2003
    LONGVIEW, Wash. — Young European green crabs have been found in Willapa Bay and other Northwest estuaries this year. The discovery ... (Salem Statesman Journal, OR)

    King crabs scare fishing industry, but excite tourism  Nov 17, 2003
    Fishermen along Norway's northern coast caught four king crabs in their nets last week, and it scares them. Tourist officials, however ... (Aftenposten, Norway)

    Fishermen challenge limits on crabs  Oct 21, 2003
    Some of Delaware's commercial fishermen on Tuesday said that despite all the research on horseshoe crabs in Delaware Bay, scientists still can't say how many ... (The News Journal, DE)

    Blue Crabs in Chesapeake level off at historic lows  Nov 14, 2003
    15 legislators on the commission look to the panel's work to advise them on how to regulate the crabbing industry, which has suffered as the bay's crabs decline ... (WMAR (ABC2), MD)

    Taste of crabs may be in the colour  Nov 2, 2003
    A marine science researcher says there is emerging evidence that deeper colours equate to better tasting crustaceans such as crabs and prawns. ... (ABC Online, Australia)

    Philippine residents appreciate marine life with crabs  Oct 31, 2003
    For four years now, they have been celebrating a festival that centres around crabs. They even have a "wedding" to symbolise the ... (Channel News Asia, Singapore)

    Foreign crabs found in Northwest waters  Nov 4, 2003
    LONGVIEW -- Young European green crabs were found in Willapa Bay and other Northwest estuaries this year, renewing concern that the invaders could eventually ... (Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA)

    Nice Weather Keeps Stone Crabs Mellow  Oct 29, 2003
    ...year's start the worst in generations. Experts say the temperate weather makes the crabs too lethargic. They say it will take a ... (Local6.com, FL)

    Blue crabs don pink backpacks in the name of science  Oct 26, 2003
    ANNAPOLIS - (KRT) - The latest tool for tracking the migration of female blue crabs is a hot-pink fashion accessory - an eraser-sized backpack with a microchip ... (Centre Daily Times, PA)

    Ships survive Crabs scare  Oct 31, 2003
    PORT LAVACA — Thanks to a big special teams play, the Brazosport Exporters clinched a playoff berth Friday night with a 28-27 double-overtime win over Cal ... (Brazosport Facts, TX)

    Now, fake hairy crabs  Oct 21, 2003
    The advice comes after many fake crabs purported to be from the Yangcheng Lake, regarded as China's best origin of hairy crab, were found in local markets. ... (China Daily, China)

    Crabs bred in unused paddies  Oct 26, 2003
    A project to breed Shanghai crabs, a luxury delicacy in Chinese cuisine, in unused rice paddies in Yamagata Prefecture achieved a milestone in mid-October when ... (Daily Yomiuri, Japan)

    Findings: Crabs tracked with backpacks  Oct 27, 2003
    The latest tool for tracking the migration of female blue crabs is a hot-pink fashion accessory -- an eraser-sized backpack with a microchip inside that ... (Salt Lake Tribune, UT)

    Mud crabs, flathead and bream - the best catches for anglers  Oct 20, 2003
    The Hunter River and Newcastle Harbour saw large numbers of boats with good reports of flathead and bream caught as well as some mud crabs trapped up river. ... (Newcastle Star, Australia)

    Hungry Hound: Stone crabs a stone's throw away  Nov 7, 2003
    November 7, 2003 — A fishing boat trolls the waters off the Florida Keys. One of the deck hands pulls up a crate, loaded with stone crabs. ... (WLS, IL)

    Concert includes everything from Charpentier to crabs  Nov 18, 2003
    As a special treat actor, writer and singer David DeBoy will be performing his hit novelty song single "Crabs for Christmas," with the Chorus. ... (City of Gaithersburg, MD)

    Dungeness season opens with crabs from Washington  Nov 16, 2003
    Normally, the beginning of crab season - which was yesterday this year - would have featured crabs born and raised at local venues. ... (Marin Independent-Journal, CA)

    Florida's Stone Crabs > >  Oct 29, 2003
    Bert says the stone crabs are more productive when cold fronts move through, but says the weather causes more of an effect on land, rather than on water. ... (AM850, Florida)

    Crab season -- settled? If tests show crabs are ready, fishermen ...   Nov 18, 2003
    The only glitch that could prevent Eureka, Trinidad and Crescent City boats from running out to sea on Dec. 1 is the quality of the crabs. ... (Times-Standard, CA)

    Not A Good Year For Catching Crabs  Oct 29, 2003
    They say the temperate weather makes the crabs lethargic, and it will take a cold snap with strong winds and choppy water to get them to move around, search ... (WCCO, MN)

    Anything But Crabby  Nov 11, 2003
    Thought to be the only females in the world commercially licensed to catch blue crabs, sisters Beatrice Taylor and Catherine Via quickly make any visitor feel ... (Grit Magazine)

    Group could limit crab harvest  Oct 19, 2003
    ...be voted on in December, mirrors what Delaware environmental regulators have already put in place to cap the annual state harvest of horseshoe crabs at 150,000 ... (The News Journal, DE)

    Cape Gazette • Covering Delaware's Cape Region | Monday, ...   Oct 27, 2003
    Horseshoe crabs, which are not crabs at all, but are a prehistoric form of marine spider, are used by watermen as a bait for the lucrative conch industry. ... (Cape Gazette, DE)

    Rich ecosystem cradles sea life, defines landscape  Nov 19, 2003
    ...egrets. Mud teems with skittish crabs that dart underground should you so much as take a deep breath. But inhale deeply anyway. ... (Georgetown Times, SC)

    Dungeness crab season off to 'big, fat' start  Nov 18, 2003
    By TIM TESCONI. Workers at the North Coast Fisheries plant cooked and packed the season's first Dungeness crabs Monday for delivery to Sonoma County markets. ... (Santa Rosa Press Democrat, CA)

    An elusive beginning for seasonal delicacy  Oct 29, 2003
    The temperate weather has left the crabs lethargic, and it will take a cold snap with strong winds and choppy water to get them moving around, looking for food ... (St. Petersburg Times, FL)

    Fisheries commission holds hearing on horseshoe crab management ...   Oct 21, 2003
    ...a hearing by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission regarding a proposed draft addendum to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for horseshoe crabs. ... (Newsday)

    Watermen voice concerns about proposed horseshoe crab rules  Oct 30, 2003
    BERLIN -- An elaborate system of passing horseshoe crabs from harvesters to biomedical companies and fishermen may soon be tweaked to keep more crabs in the ... (Salisbury Daily Times, MD)

    Checks in the mail for crabbers  Nov 5, 2003
    Crabbers, along with seafood dealers and processors who handled or caught blue crabs will soon receive a check from the state Division of Marine Fisheries to ... (Outer Banks Sentinel, NC)

    Panel wants to put lid on number of crab pots  Nov 8, 2003
    I'm not totally against limited entry," said Jerry Gault, a Beaufort commercial fisherman who used to process and wholesale blue crabs before imports put him ... (Charleston Post Courier, SC)

    'Cats take out Calhoun, 28-14  Oct 20, 2003
    ...of the season. The ‘Crabs put up a total 265 offensive yards – 236 of those on the ground – with 17 first downs. Bay City ... (Bay City Daily Tribune, TX)

    Day of crabbing soothes the soul  Oct 25, 2003
    We're going out on Friday," Rice said recently. "Tell your bride she'll be eating crabs that night." He's a cocky one that Bob, apparently sure that he'll ... (Washington Times, DC)

    How an army of bad attitude ants became environmental home ...   Oct 26, 2003
    The yellow crazy ants that invaded Christmas Island not only decimated its famous population of red land crabs by spraying formic acid into their eyes and then ... (Sydney Morning Herald, Australia)

    Crab culture celebrated in Easton revue  Oct 24, 2003
    Then there's Sonny and Cher's hit single, "We Got Crabs, Babe," and the old Willie Nelson-Julio Iglesias favorite, "To All the Crabs I've Caught Before.". ... (Baltimore Sun, MD)

    Kayak For Backcountry Look at Keys  Nov 2, 2003
    ...the unique keys ecosystem to tourists and locals who take the time to observe baby snappers fighting the current and tarantula-looking tree crabs climbing the ... (The Ledger, FL)

    Classroom animal interaction changes  Nov 3, 2003
    Jack Bradley, 6, proudly showed off the pinch marks on his arm he got collecting crabs for the classroom tank he and classmates at Midland Elementary School ... (White Plains Journal News, NY)

    Kayakers take a closer look at Florida's backcountry  Nov 15, 2003
    ...of the Keys ecosystem to tourists and locals who take the time to observe baby snappers fighting the current and tarantula-looking tree crabs climbing the ... (Knoxville News Sentinel, TN)

    Catch starts somewhat crabby  Oct 29, 2003
    Karl Wagner, a captain for Keys Fisheries, said that tropical storms and hurricanes force the stone crabs to go into deeper water and takes them out of their ... (Key West Citizen, FL)

    Bay Area's Dungeness Crab Season Opens With Out-Of-State ...   Nov 17, 2003
    MARIN, Calif. -- Dungeness crab season opened Sunday in the San Francisco Bay Area, but the crabs on offer weren't local. In Marin ... (NBC 11.com, CA)

    Ghost Crab Fossils Haunt Area Beaches  Oct 21, 2003
    More than 500 remnants of prehistory--fossilized ghost crabs--have been found in the sand between Melbourne Beach and Satellite Beach. ... (Science Daily (press release))

    Sustainable Seafood  Oct 23, 2003
    ...catch? * Traps -- for things like crabs, octopus, eels, spot prawns, lobster (see stories below about lobster and stone crabs)... ... (Washington Post, DC)

    Fishing Report: Trout restocking at Lake Hennessey next week  Nov 13, 2003
    We have only had to pull 3-4 pots to get limits," a spokesperson said, adding that there's nice sized crabs also. "What an opener ... (Napa Valley Register, CA)

    Elsewhere on the Web  Nov 15, 2003
    Pubic lice or Pthirus pubis (their even more official name) are more commonly known as crabs. The name derives from the crab-shaped ... (menshealth.about.com, United States)

    Crab conflict boils over  Nov 14, 2003
    ...as they were, fishing boats from the three unified associations would remain dockside until at least Sunday, which would mean the first crabs would not hit the ... (San Mateo Daily Journal, CA)

    Spanish seafood 'poisonous from oil spill'  Nov 6, 2003
    The report - Prestige one year on, a continuing disaster - says that toxic pollutants from the oil were rapidly absorbed by shellfish and crabs, and this could ... (Guardian, UK)

    NC crabbers to get aid for three recent bad years  Oct 31, 2003
    Crab Co. in Columbia, NC. "This year really surprised everybody," Phillips said. "Crabs just glutted the market.". The federal aid ... (Myrtle Beach Sun News, SC)

    Chesapeake Bay loses ground in annual measure of health  Nov 11, 2003
    ...levels of nitrogen and phosphorus, which harm water quality; poorer water clarity; less oxygen available for aquatic life; and fewer blue crabs to harvest. ... (Virginian Pilot, VA)

    Crab, crab, crab, crab, crab  Nov 12, 2003
    Berkeley Bowl fish market manager Ted Iijima says, "They'll buy a few live crabs on Friday, Saturday or Sunday, but during the week they want them all cooked ... (San Francisco Chronicle, CA)

    For succulence and value, Dungeness crab is legs above the rest  Oct 21, 2003
    Dan Schleve shows off a pair of Dungeness crabs fresh from the Strait of Juan De Fuca near Sequim. The crab gets its name from nearby Dungeness Spit. ... (Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA)

    Remembering Puge  Oct 21, 2003
    ...on Tangier. Charnock's hard work paid off. His business of selling soft crabs, crab bait and ice was a success. But Charnock, a ... (Tasley Eastern Shore News, VA)

    Del. fishing industry faces challenges  Oct 26, 2003
    ...some of them became restricted. He crabs nine months, and catches fish and conchs for two weeks each. "You have to be versatile ... (The News Journal, DE)

    Shrimpers cited for crab trap violations  Oct 23, 2003
    ...floats still attached. Further investigation revealed the crabs had been removed from the traps and stored in the hold. All four ... (The Advertiser, LA)

    Men charged over crab traps  Oct 21, 2003
    ...near Rawdon Island. The officers returned to the water two live mud crabs that had been caught in the traps. NSW Fisheries director ... (Port Macquarie News, Australia)

    Ric Vasquez / Valley Morning Star  Oct 24, 2003
    ...said. In a large water-filled tank, hermit crabs, blue crabs, rock crabs, pencil urchins and sea cucumbers swim and scurry around. ... (Harlingen Valley Morning Star, TX)

    FIRST PHEASANT  Nov 16, 2003
    There are different schools of thought regarding blue crabs. Stirring up a pot of seafood gumbo, Cajun culinary experts will opt for the smaller "gumbo" crabs. ... (Bradenton Herald, FL)

    Orchard Café  Nov 14, 2003
    For seafood fans, fresh Sri Lankan crabs are served on ice - or for a spicier version, the pepper crabs are an option (Teo uses Meaty crabs from Indonesia). ... (Asiacuisine.com, Singapore)

    Community's spirit, seafood on display  Nov 9, 2003
    On display at the Shrimp Shack stand, a business on Ozello Trail, were snow crabs, stone crabs, Dungeness crabs, green-lipped mussels, octopus and a mound of ... (St. Petersburg Times, FL)

    Ask the Aquarium: What causes ocean waves to glow at night?  Nov 16, 2003
    Another phenomenon is glowing mole crabs. Mole crabs are small, harmless crustaceans that live in the sand where waves come on shore. ... (Outer Banks Sentinel, NC)

    Two charged with unmarked crab traps  Oct 28, 2003
    ...water near Rawdon Island. "The officers returned to the water two live mud crabs that had been caught in the traps. "A Wauchope man ... (Wauchope Hastings Gazette, Australia)

    Bay crab numbers appear to stabilize  Nov 13, 2003
    New data suggest the Chesapeake Bay population of blue crabs has finally stopped shrinking but remains near historic lows that demand a close watch. ... (Richmond Times Dispatch, VA)

    Judge closes down Myrtle Beach club (This article contains ...   Nov 9, 2003
    ...said. Jerry Gault, a Beaufort commercial fisherman who used to process and wholesale blue crabs, thinks the plan is an overreaction. ... (Columbia State, SC)

    Crabbers to get federal aid for first time  Nov 1, 2003
    Circle Crab Co. in Columbia. "This year really surprised everybody," Phillips said. "Crabs just glutted the market.". The federal aid ... (Charlotte Observer, NC)

    Leisure : Scenic seafood site  Nov 7, 2003
    Crustacean lovers will find a live selection of crabs, lobsters, slipper lobsters, mantis prawns, tiger prawn, Udang Galah and white prawns. ... (Malay Mail, Malaysia)

    Simple Solutions to the Chesapeake's Complex Problems  Nov 15, 2003
    Now, with Chesapeake Bay oysters on the brink of extinction and crabs seemingly headed that way, isn't it time to consider protecting them the same, field ... (Washington Post, DC)

    Damage from Spanish oil spill much more serious  Nov 7, 2003
    The report says that toxic pollutants from the oil were rapidly absorbed by shellfish and crabs, and this could lead to potentially serious consequences for ... (Taipei Times, Taiwan)

    Warm up with Cafe Tu Tu's versions of chicken noodle soup and ...   Oct 29, 2003
    A recent visit found her with a sink full of live crabs, bought next door at Thai Binh, the city's biggest Asian market, which gets large shipments of seafood ... (Wichita Eagle, KS)

    Senate committees hold hearings on Narragansett Bay's health  Nov 12, 2003
    The dead organisms were found in Apponaug and Greenwich coves and included blue crabs, grass shrimp, blackfish and American eels. ... (Providence Journal Bulletin (subscription), RI)

    Battle blooms over Alaska's coral gardens  Nov 7, 2003
    ...fishing practices and the use of nets weighted with chains that drag the bottom, scraping up everything from rockfish to cod to starfish, crabs, clams, and ... (Biloxi Sun Herald, MS)

    Bay still suffering 20 years later  Nov 11, 2003
    Categories include habitat (wetlands, forested buffers, underwater grasses, resource lands); fisheries (crabs, rockfish, oysters, shad); and pollution (toxic ... (The Free Lance-Star, VA)

    Tighter pollution controls sought  Nov 19, 2003
    ...of the commercial and recreational fishing and watermen groups complained that 2003 has generally been a terrible season for most fish, crabs and oysters. ... (Baltimore Sun, MD)

    Fishermen agree to $1.75-a-pound price tag as crab season opens  Nov 17, 2003
    ...waited until Sunday morning before dropping their pots to the ocean floor off the San Mateo County coast, where hundreds of thousands of crabs awaited them. ... (Oakland Tribune, CA)

    Reports Cloud Picture of Bay's Health  Nov 11, 2003
    ...and phosphorus was dumped into the bay last year as sprawl continued to eat up land; oxygen was depleted; water clarity declined; and crabs and oysters showed ... (Washington Post, DC)

    Feature: S.Korea's battle-ready island  Nov 14, 2003
    ...enables Lee and other villagers to control rich fishing grounds near the disputed maritime border with the North, around which lucrative blue crabs beds lie. ... (United Press International)

    WHAM! A redfish hits; ZZZZZT! Another angler hooked  Oct 26, 2003
    She loved the marsh. She loved the shrimp boats that lined Bayou Lafourche. She loved it that boiled shrimp and crabs were readily available — cheap. ... (Jackson Clarion Ledger, MS)

    Narrow River doubles as classroom  Oct 21, 2003
    The day's catch included blue crabs, green crabs, sand shrimp, periwinkles, quahogs, silverside minnows, striped killifish, starfish -- even a juvenile ... (Providence Journal Bulletin (subscription), RI)

    Fishing Report  Oct 20, 2003
    Smokey at Lindenhurst B&T said that on Wednesday, Kevin and Bobby fished the Kismet Reef with green crabs and fiddlers and worked through a total of sixteen ... (South Bay News, NY)

    Conservation Law Foundation Sues For Review of Taunton Bay Lease  Oct 22, 2003
    ...chief concerns about altering the immediate environment where Hog and Taunton bays meet is any possible impact in the wild population of horseshoe crabs there. ... (Ellsworth American, ME)

    Reefs and wrecks  Oct 20, 2003
    As the gateway to Barkley Sound, Ucluelet also attracts underwater explorers with the promise of spotting Pacific octopus, wolf eels and rosy Dungeness crabs. ... (Toronto Town Crier Newspapers, Canada)

    Many events gearing up in Goodland  Oct 22, 2003
    The clear water might be keeping the stone crabs in their hiding places. Stone crabs wander out of their hiding to find food in ... (Marco Island Sun-Times, FL)

    Homeowners try to stir up healthier waters  Oct 21, 2003
    The evidence is in the air and on the ground. "The first sign is thousands of sea gulls," he explained Monday. "And the crabs walk out of the water.". ... (Delaware Coast Press, DE)

    Carcieri forms commission to protect Narragansett Bay  Oct 22, 2003
    20. The dead organisms were found in Apponaug and Greenwich coves and included blue crabs, grass shrimp, blackfish and American eels. ... (Providence Journal Bulletin (subscription), RI)

    Mixing learning, fun in lab  Oct 22, 2003
    McMillan hopes to take the class to Sandy Point State Park next week to collect mud crabs, blue crabs, minnows and white perch. ... (Baltimore Sun, MD)

    The News-Review  Nov 7, 2003
    Anglers must handle and release unmarked coho carefully. Crabbing in Coos Bay is good and most crabs are meaty. Most streams closed to trout angling Oct. ... (The News-Review, United States)

    Report: Bay crab numbers low, but level off  Nov 13, 2003
    ...on the commission look to the panel's work to advise them on how to regulate the crabbing industry, which has suffered as the bay's crabs have declined. ... (Salisbury Daily Times, MD)

    At a glance  Nov 5, 2003
    It’s even possible to net a few free-swimming crabs. Always carry a few blue crabs in the well. Tarpon and snook are biting in the Cape Sable area. ... (Florida Keys Keynoter, FL)

    'Windows to the deep'  Nov 12, 2003
    There were all these funny animals that lived on the beach: horseshoe crabs, the worms and things, and blue crabs that swam around. ... (Richmond Times Dispatch, VA)

    Loggerhead turtle returns to river  Oct 31, 2003
    While recovering from her injury, the loggerhead enjoyed a diet that included blue crabs, squid and herring. "She really (enjoyed ... (Vero Beach Press-Journal, FL)

    Crab season opens Saturday  Nov 7, 2003
    The pot-shaped nets have old fish parts in them which attract the crabs. After awhile you pull up the traps and pull out the crabs. ... (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)

    Start Melting Butter - Crab Season Starts Saturday  Nov 13, 2003
    Local fishermen expect a giant haul this season, as sportsmen have been catching crabs for several weeks around Half Moon Bay. Commercial ... (KPIX-TV 5, United States)

    Report shows blue crab progress  Nov 14, 2003
    ...of the bay's leading crab scientists, warns that "our work to restore the blue crab is far from over" and that pressures to harvest more crabs "risk driving ... (Baltimore Sun, MD)

    Gamble Rogers' GREEN program teaches lessons on environment  Nov 5, 2003
    By LISA MILLER. Their days are filled with licking salty mangrove tree leaves, digging up fiddler crabs out of marshy muck and seeking out white pelicans. ... (St. Augustine Record, FL)

    PAKISTAN: Focus on aftermath of oil spill  Oct 29, 2003
    Qureshi said he had personally witnessed hundreds of dead fish and crabs lying on a beach close to an upscale waterfront neighbourhood, where residents had ... (UN Regional Information Asia, Asia)

    Invasive crabs a threat  10 Nov 2003
    LONGVIEW, Wash. — Young European green crabs have been found in Willapa Bay and other Northwest estuaries this year. The discovery ... (Salem Statesman Journal, OR)

    Shifting sands  10 Nov 2003
    The number of microscopic flatworms that used to thrive are down, crabs and clams find it harder to burrow, meaning less food for birds like plovers and ... (The Star, Malaysia)

    NATURE IN SHORT  10 Nov 2003
    As a good example, I often see dating couples walking along the shore of Tokyo Bay with binoculars, but I never meet them chasing crabs out in the tidal flat ... (Daily Yomiuri, Japan)

    Kit-T- TV  10 Nov 2003
    SEVIERVILLE -- Filmmaker RJ Sorensen's stars are beetles, moths, fiddler crabs and blackbirds; his audience is fascinated felines. ... (Knoxville News Sentinel, TN)

    Another generation discovers traditional needle art  10 Nov 2003
    Cocktail napkins and tablecloths -- featuring poppies, thistles, crabs, peacocks and monkeys -- are stitched in Madeira, just as Leiter's were. ... (Kansas City Star (subscription), MO)

    Local beaches bring in good catch  10 Nov 2003
    We managed to find a school of chopper tailor near Gwandalan on Sunday and the kids had a ball catching and releasing these fish as well as couple of crabs ... (Newcastle Star, Australia)

    Amid mud flats and marshes, a birding center takes off  10 Nov 2003
    Children are drawn to the sand table for hands-on experiences with horseshoe crabs and razor clams, and the room next door houses a photo exhibit. ... (Boston.com, MA)

    Study of blue crabs nears end  Nov 8, 2003
    The two had just pulled 20 wire-mesh crab pots out of the Hudson, collecting and measuring about a dozen crabs before returning them to the water. ... (White Plains Journal News, NY)

    Hungry Hound: Stone crabs a stone's throw away  Nov 7, 2003
    November 7, 2003 — A fishing boat trolls the waters off the Florida Keys. One of the deck hands pulls up a crate, loaded with stone crabs. ... (WLS, IL)

    Foreign crabs found in Northwest waters  Nov 4, 2003
    LONGVIEW -- Young European green crabs were found in Willapa Bay and other Northwest estuaries this year, renewing concern that the invaders could eventually ... (Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA)

    Taste of crabs may be in the colour  Nov 6, 2003
    A marine science researcher says there is emerging evidence that deeper colours equate to better tasting crustaceans such as crabs and prawns. ... (ABC Regional Online, Australia)

    Findings: Crabs tracked with backpacks  Oct 27, 2003
    The latest tool for tracking the migration of female blue crabs is a hot-pink fashion accessory -- an eraser-sized backpack with a microchip inside that ... (Salt Lake Tribune, UT)

    Ships survive Crabs scare  Oct 31, 2003
    PORT LAVACA — Thanks to a big special teams play, the Brazosport Exporters clinched a playoff berth Friday night with a 28-27 double-overtime win over Cal ... (Brazosport Facts, TX)

    Philippine residents appreciate marine life with crabs  Oct 31, 2003
    For four years now, they have been celebrating a festival that centres around crabs. They even have a "wedding" to symbolise the ... (Channel News Asia, Singapore)

    Crabs bred in unused paddies  Oct 26, 2003
    A project to breed Shanghai crabs, a luxury delicacy in Chinese cuisine, in unused rice paddies in Yamagata Prefecture achieved a milestone in mid-October when ... (Daily Yomiuri, Japan)

    Blue crabs don pink backpacks in the name of science  Oct 26, 2003
    ANNAPOLIS - (KRT) - The latest tool for tracking the migration of female blue crabs is a hot-pink fashion accessory - an eraser-sized backpack with a microchip ... (Centre Daily Times, PA)

    Not A Good Year For Catching Crabs  Oct 29, 2003
    They say the temperate weather makes the crabs lethargic, and it will take a cold snap with strong winds and choppy water to get them to move around, search ... (WCCO, MN)

    Nice Weather Keeps Stone Crabs Mellow  Oct 29, 2003
    ...year's start the worst in generations. Experts say the temperate weather makes the crabs too lethargic. They say it will take a ... (WXii 12.com, NC)

    Florida's Stone Crabs > >  Oct 29, 2003
    Bert says the stone crabs are more productive when cold fronts move through, but says the weather causes more of an effect on land, rather than on water. ... (AM850, Florida)

    Fishermen challenge limits on crabs  Oct 21, 2003
    Some of Delaware's commercial fishermen on Tuesday said that despite all the research on horseshoe crabs in Delaware Bay, scientists still can't say how many ... (The News Journal, DE)

    Now, fake hairy crabs  Oct 21, 2003
    The advice comes after many fake crabs purported to be from the Yangcheng Lake, regarded as China's best origin of hairy crab, were found in local markets. ... (China Daily, China)

    Delray stone crabs restaurant re-opens under new name  Oct 16, 2003
    It was the male stone crabs that sealed the deal for Jimmy Storey, who says he was a bit timid about seeing his name on the sign at the downtown Delray Beach ... (Boca Raton News, FL)

    Mud crabs, flathead and bream - the best catches for anglers  Oct 20, 2003
    The Hunter River and Newcastle Harbour saw large numbers of boats with good reports of flathead and bream caught as well as some mud crabs trapped up river. ... (Newcastle Star, Australia)

    Crabs up for grabs as chefs compete to pinch trophy  Oct 16, 2003
    Armed with a burner, two crabs, their own mobile pantries and, most importantly, the secret ingredient, chefs will have 20 minutes to create colorful culinary ... (Alameda Times-Star, CA)

    DNR moves to pare crab pot licenses  Nov 9, 2003
    Jerry Gault is a Beaufort commercial fisherman who used to process and wholesale blue crabs before imports put him out of business. ... (Myrtle Beach Sun News, SC)

    Community's spirit, seafood on display  Nov 9, 2003
    On display at the Shrimp Shack stand, a business on Ozello Trail, were snow crabs, stone crabs, Dungeness crabs, green-lipped mussels, octopus and a mound of ... (St. Petersburg Times, FL)

    Judge closes down Myrtle Beach club (This article contains ...   Nov 9, 2003
    ...said. Jerry Gault, a Beaufort commercial fisherman who used to process and wholesale blue crabs, thinks the plan is an overreaction. ... (Columbia State, SC)

    Checks in the mail for crabbers  Nov 5, 2003
    Crabbers, along with seafood dealers and processors who handled or caught blue crabs will soon receive a check from the state Division of Marine Fisheries to ... (Outer Banks Sentinel, NC)

    Leisure : Scenic seafood site  Nov 7, 2003
    Crustacean lovers will find a live selection of crabs, lobsters, slipper lobsters, mantis prawns, tiger prawn, Udang Galah and white prawns. ... (Malay Mail, Malaysia)

    Cape Gazette • Covering Delaware's Cape Region | Monday, ...   Oct 27, 2003
    Horseshoe crabs, which are not crabs at all, but are a prehistoric form of marine spider, are used by watermen as a bait for the lucrative conch industry. ... (Cape Gazette, DE)

    Wallabies are living in the past  Nov 9, 2003
    If the defending champions are the crabs of this tournament, purists will want them kicked back into the ocean by an All Black boot. ... (Telegraph.co.uk, UK)

    Damage from Spanish oil spill much more serious  Nov 7, 2003
    The report says that toxic pollutants from the oil were rapidly absorbed by shellfish and crabs, and this could lead to potentially serious consequences for ... (Taipei Times, Taiwan)

    An elusive beginning for seasonal delicacy  Oct 29, 2003
    The temperate weather has left the crabs lethargic, and it will take a cold snap with strong winds and choppy water to get them moving around, looking for food ... (St. Petersburg Times, FL)

    Barbra Streisand's house of cards  Nov 9, 2003
    Clinton: "You awake, Babs? Hey, I sure had fun last night! Make sure to come to the state dinner this evening. We're having lobster and crabs.". ... (WorldNetDaily)

    'Love': nostalgia etched in acid Morrison's latest focuses on ...   Nov 9, 2003
    The cook explains the women best: "First they disappointed him, then they defied him, then they turned his home into a barrel of quarreling she-crabs and his ... (Contra Costa Times, CA)

    Rodents Have Big Weekend  Nov 5, 2003
    By Gavin Menu. The Rodents defeated the Crabs 8-4 on Saturday, and then came back on Sunday with a 5-4 win over the Squids in the East End Hockey Association. ... (Hamptons Independents, NY)

    N Chandrababu Naidu: No fun, no mon...  Nov 9, 2003
    There's so much negativity in the world... People in this country resemble a tin of crabs. They're out to pull each other down. I want to change it all. ... (Times of India, India)

    Snap'em up  Nov 9, 2003
    The moon is full today, if you're interested. The most effective baits are live shrimp, dead shrimp, mud minnows and coin-sized fiddler crabs. ... (Corpus Christi Caller Times, TX)

    That's the wonder of woodlice  Nov 9, 2003
    Their closest relatives are crabs, lobsters and water fleas and belong to the order of Isopoda, which includes creatures that live in sea and freshwater as ... (Norfolk Eastern Daily Press, UK)

    Battle blooms over Alaska's coral gardens  Nov 7, 2003
    ...over commercial-fishing practices and the use of nets weighted with chains that drag the bottom, scraping up everything from rockfish to cod to starfish, crabs ... (Biloxi Sun Herald, MS)

    Outdoors Calendar  Nov 9, 2003
    Sex & Gluttony on the Delaware Bay": permanent exhibit on annual horeshoe crab egg-laying, attacks on crabs by migrating birds. ... (Philadelphia Inquirer, PA)

    Crab season opens Saturday  Nov 7, 2003
    The pot-shaped nets have old fish parts in them which attract the crabs. After awhile you pull up the traps and pull out the crabs. ... (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)

    The News-Review  Nov 7, 2003
    Anglers must handle and release unmarked coho carefully. Crabbing in Coos Bay is good and most crabs are meaty. Most streams closed to trout angling Oct. ... (The News-Review, United States)

    Spanish seafood 'poisonous from oil spill'  Nov 6, 2003
    The report - Prestige one year on, a continuing disaster - says that toxic pollutants from the oil were rapidly absorbed by shellfish and crabs, and this could ... (Guardian, UK)

    Classroom animal interaction changes  Nov 3, 2003
    Jack Bradley, 6, proudly showed off the pinch marks on his arm he got collecting crabs for the classroom tank he and classmates at Midland Elementary School ... (Gannett Suburban New York Newspapers, NY)

    Group could limit crab harvest  Oct 19, 2003
    ...to be voted on in December, mirrors what Delaware environmental regulators have already put in place to cap the annual state harvest of horseshoe crabs at ... (The News Journal, DE)

    Watermen voice concerns about proposed horseshoe crab rules  Oct 30, 2003
    BERLIN -- An elaborate system of passing horseshoe crabs from harvesters to biomedical companies and fishermen may soon be tweaked to keep more crabs in the ... (Salisbury Daily Times, MD)

    How an army of bad attitude ants became environmental home ...   Oct 26, 2003
    The yellow crazy ants that invaded Christmas Island not only decimated its famous population of red land crabs by spraying formic acid into their eyes and then ... (Sydney Morning Herald, Australia)

    Prestige spill may hurt Spain for 10 years, says WWF  Nov 7, 2003
    ...saying contaminants on the sea bed can enter the food chain through organisms that ingest sediments and eventually end up in sea bass, octopus, crabs, and ... (Environmental News Network, CA)

    Fisheries commission holds hearing on horseshoe crab management ...   Oct 21, 2003
    ...a hearing by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission regarding a proposed draft addendum to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for horseshoe crabs. ... (Newsday)

    Deer boom prompts baiting  Nov 7, 2003
    Tom,. Stillwater Pond and Highland Lake for stocked trout. Saltwater Reports: Blackfishing is excellent, green crabs on reefs for nice eating Tautog. Bluefish. ... (Torrington Register Citizen, CT)

    Vineland's Ed Rossi recalled as supreme crabber, police leader  Nov 7, 2003
    He would come back with bushels of crabs and give them away," said his daughter, Theresa Atkinson. "He had a list of people he would call.". ... (Vineland Daily Journal, NJ)

    WWF says Prestige spill may hurt Spain for 10 year  Nov 7, 2003
    ...saying contaminants on the sea bed can enter the food chain through organisms that ingest sediments and eventually end up in sea bass, octopus, crabs and ... (Valletta Times, Malta)

    201 wildlife species face extinction  Nov 7, 2003
    ...environment. At present, only live crabs are being exported in a controlled system maintaining 'crab exporting policy'. Bangladesh ... (The Daily Star, Bangladesh)

    Scientists say Bay is healthier than thought  Nov 7, 2003
    Media reports this summer described a record-sized “dead zone” in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay, with crabs dying, fishermen lamenting poor water ... (Virginian Pilot, VA)

    Hard times on half shell  Nov 7, 2003
    ...watermen will try to catch oysters. Many of them are still concentrating on blue crabs. There have been ongoing restoration efforts ... (The Free Lance-Star, VA)

    Catch starts somewhat crabby  Oct 29, 2003
    Karl Wagner, a captain for Keys Fisheries, said that tropical storms and hurricanes force the stone crabs to go into deeper water and takes them out of their ... (Key West Citizen, FL)

    Kayak For Backcountry Look at Keys  Nov 2, 2003
    ...a glimpse of the unique keys ecosystem to tourists and locals who take the time to observe baby snappers fighting the current and tarantula-looking tree crabs ... (The Ledger, FL)

    Brawn at Mr Universe shows off brain too  Nov 7, 2003
    ...town on the north coast of Canada, he spends most of his time with his six-member crew on their 25-metre boat in the Atlantic, fishing for shrimps and crabs. ... (Indian Express, India)

    Wolves, porcupines, and hyenas, oh my!  Nov 6, 2003
    ...on the river bed. It feeds on worms, mollusks, fish, crabs, and the dead animals it finds on the river bed. There is an observation ... (Jerusalem Post, Israel)

    Tomorrow's man  Nov 7, 2003
    Keith Austin. Imagine a beach scene: sunny day, sea, sand, waves, seaweed, crabs. Now describe it. Without using the letter A. Bang ... (Sydney Morning Herald, Australia)

    A Borough With a Variety of Boating  Nov 7, 2003
    ...supplies. This year, fishermen say they have caught blackfish, striped bass, perch, flounder and crabs in and around the canal. ... (New York Times)

    Indoor walls attract lots of social climbers  Nov 8, 2003
    In one corner, Ginley, a former member of the KSU track team, and his friends moved like crabs on the boulders, their strong, flexible upper arm and leg ... (Cleveland Plain Dealer, OH)

    South Carolina fishing reports  Nov 8, 2003
    Troll with small drone or Clark spoons. Sheepshead are doing well around reefs and wrecks such as the General Gordon (PA-41). Use fiddler crabs or barnacles. (Greenville News, SC)

    'Windows to the deep'  Nov 5, 2003
    There were all these funny animals that lived on the beach: horseshoe crabs, the worms and things, and blue crabs that swam around. ... (Richmond Times Dispatch, VA)

    The illusions of wild, empty waters  Nov 8, 2003
    I blindly polished off three cans of sardines before I noticed my neighbors. Horseshoe crabs. Zillions of them, all in various stages of lethargy or death. ... (Florida Today, FL)

    FOOTBALL ROAD TRIP  Nov 7, 2003
    Take Florida 836 West (Dolphin Expressway) and watch for signs pointing out the Orange Bowl exit. Food and drink: Three words -- Joe's Stone Crabs. ... (Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX)

    Gamble Rogers' GREEN program teaches lessons on environment  Nov 5, 2003
    By LISA MILLER. Their days are filled with licking salty mangrove tree leaves, digging up fiddler crabs out of marshy muck and seeking out white pelicans. ... (St. Augustine Record, FL)

    Feds: Vermilion snapper population needs help  Nov 7, 2003
    ...escape, Smith said. Bycatch is anything unintentionally caught in nets, such as fish, crabs or octopuses. Currently, vermilion snapper ... (Brazosport Facts, TX)

    Time To Stock The Freezer  Nov 7, 2003
    If you can't get green crabs, frozen clams will work though that bait also attracts porgies that must be returned to the water. ... (New London Day (subscription), CT)

    Crabbers concerned about seismic testing  Nov 7, 2003
    ...fishing ground. Anything that will shake rock on the bottom from the sound waves, what will it do to the inside of the crabs. You ... (CBC New Brunswick, Canada)

    At a glance  Nov 5, 2003
    It’s even possible to net a few free-swimming crabs. Always carry a few blue crabs in the well. Tarpon and snook are biting in the Cape Sable area. ... (Florida Keys Keynoter, FL)

    Winterfest of Lights will add dazzle to OC holiday season  Nov 7, 2003
    ...of the fantasyland scenes include Santa, his sleigh and eight flying reindeer, the 12 days of Christmas, fairy tales, animated magic genies, toy soldiers, crabs ... (Ocean City, MD)

    Local crabbers wary of plan to reduce pots  Oct 17, 2003
    The goal of the program is to reduce by 25 percent the number of crab pots in the state’s waters to protect both crabs and the industry itself. ... (Georgetown Times, SC)

    'Cats take out Calhoun, 28-14  Oct 20, 2003
    ...of the season. The ‘Crabs put up a total 265 offensive yards – 236 of those on the ground – with 17 first downs. Bay City ... (Bay City Daily Tribune, TX)

    Restaurants: Dynasty at Cesar Park Taipei ??  Oct 16, 2003
    By Yu Sen-lun. For those who appreciate Chinese cuisine the arrival of autumn means hairy crabs. In order to survive cold winters ... (Taipei Times, Taiwan)

    Federal aid pot set for crabbers  Nov 2, 2003
    Circle Crab Co. in Columbia. "This year really surprised everybody," Phillips said. "Crabs just glutted the market.". The federal aid ... (Raleigh News, NC)

    NC crabbers to get aid for three recent bad years  Oct 31, 2003
    Crab Co. in Columbia, NC. "This year really surprised everybody," Phillips said. "Crabs just glutted the market.". The federal aid ... (Myrtle Beach Sun News, SC)

    Two charged with unmarked crab traps  Oct 28, 2003
    ...water near Rawdon Island. "The officers returned to the water two live mud crabs that had been caught in the traps. "A Wauchope man ... (Wauchope Hastings Gazette, Australia)

    Del. fishing industry faces challenges  Oct 26, 2003
    ...some of them became restricted. He crabs nine months, and catches fish and conchs for two weeks each. "You have to be versatile ... (The News Journal, DE)

    Day of crabbing soothes the soul  Oct 25, 2003
    We're going out on Friday," Rice said recently. "Tell your bride she'll be eating crabs that night." He's a cocky one that Bob, apparently sure that he'll ... (Washington Times, DC)

    Local stone crab season off to better start than last year  Oct 15, 2003
    The crabs are then returned to the water to grow new claws. Waters off Collier County and the Florida Keys are the state's leading supplier of claws. ... (Naples Daily News, FL)

    Stone crab season opens with thanks to three brave gourmets  Oct 14, 2003
    ...enjoyment to millions. Purists eat their stone crabs with melted butter and a bit of lemon. Photo courtesy Florida Fisheries. Today we ... (Naples Daily News, FL)

    Crab culture celebrated in Easton revue  Oct 24, 2003
    Then there's Sonny and Cher's hit single, "We Got Crabs, Babe," and the old Willie Nelson-Julio Iglesias favorite, "To All the Crabs I've Caught Before.". ... (Baltimore Sun, MD)

    Sequel that got stuck  Nov 6, 2003
    So it's over to the Sentinels, the Machine World's armies of flying steel squid, joined this time by a seafood banquet of oversize gadgets - steel soldier crabs ... (Sydney Morning Herald, Australia)

    Someone's in the kitchen with Emeril ... and Mario ... and ...   Nov 6, 2003
    ...`They made incredible dishes, and even though I was young I left no plate unsavored: stone crabs, sweet breads, conch chowder -- and lots of Key limes.''. ... (Miami Herald, FL)

    Go on, get your claws out for the lads  Nov 6, 2003
    The gays might have reared up at the sight of some “horrendo clothies”, or moaned that by sitting on a worn armchair they would “first of all get crabs ... (The Times (subscription), UK)

    Spanish oil spill 'not over yet'  Nov 6, 2003
    ...bed in shallow water may release contaminants which will enter the food chain, including commercially-caught species like sea bass, octopus, shrimps and crabs. ... (BBC News, UK)

    Sizing up a sex change and other stories  Nov 4, 2003
    Creatures from crabs to worms are born one gender and, at some critical point in their lives, metamorphose into another sex with no help from a surgeon's ... (Environmental News Network, CA)

    Garlic rules in Delray Beach  Nov 6, 2003
    The six-course meal included bruschetta, shrimp, roasted duck, pan-seared sea scallops and softshell crabs and lamb chops, all spiced with the essence of garlic ... (Boca Raton News, FL)

    College course examines Mojave Desert  Nov 5, 2003
    ...collect trilobite and other fossils. Trilobites are extinct organisms, but related to modern horseshoe crabs. The fossils are located ... (Palo Verde Valley Times, CA)

    Take that, Virginia  Nov 6, 2003
    It's bigger than crabs and tobacco, Warner and Ehrlich, College Park and Charlottesville. It's bigger, even, than journalistic objectivity. ... (The Diamondback, MD)

    Historical Society spreads its wings  Nov 6, 2003
    Maryland-themed food and drink will be available - it's a safe bet crabs will be somewhere on the menu - and musicians and other performers will also be on hand ... (Baltimore Sun, MD)

    TECO Land Fuels Habitat Fix  Nov 5, 2003
    Birds, fiddler crabs and other aquatic creatures feed on organic materials on salt barrens. ``It's an important part of the tidal food chain,'' he said. ... (Tampa Tribune, FL)

    Stone Crab Season Comes Out Of Its Shell  Oct 15, 2003
    Wagner, a captain for Keys Fisheries, the island chain's largest harvester of stone crab claws, said that tropical storms and hurricanes force the stone crabs ... (Click10.com, FL)

    Stone crabbers try to claw way back to prime harvest  Oct 14, 2003
    ...do is speculate,” said Theresa Bert, a senior research scientist at the Florida Marine Research Institute, who did her doctoral dissertation on stone crabs ... (The News-Press, FL)

    New arrivals  Nov 5, 2003
    The strand line provides a record of much of the marine life in the bay - seaweed, mussels, cockles and shore crabs, eider duck feathers and sometimes ... (Guardian, UK)

    Top honour for don who transformed NTU  Nov 5, 2003
    His favourite activity? Eating chilli crabs at seafood restaurants along East Coast Road. It is something he never fails to do whenever he is in town. ... (Straits Times, Singapore)

    Emeril kicks it up a notch on South Beach  Nov 3, 2003
    ...barbecue shrimp. ''I wanted to do a savory stone crab cheesecake. But it was actually hard to get the stone crabs. Isn't that crazy? I ... (Miami Herald, FL)

    FIRE CREWS PUT BITE ON ESCAPED CRABS  09 Oct 2003
    THOUSANDS of live crabs were rescued by firefighters after tumbling out of a lorry following a motorway accident. Eleven and a half ... (Doncaster Today, UK)

    Crabs And Pizza: The Meal Of Champions  Oct 7, 2003
    Championship Series. Daley will receive a box of Florida stone crabs from Miami Mayor Manuel Diaz if the Cubs win the series. In ... (NBC5.com, IL)

    Miami mayor betting stone crabs on a Marlins' win  Oct 7, 2003
    Chicago. Stone crabs will be part of the package in the unlikely event the Marlins fall, said Diaz's press secretary, Kelly Penton. ... (Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL)

    Plan to protect blue crabs has some crabbers crying foul  Oct 5, 2003
    Georgia crabbers are trying to stop a state proposal to limit commercial crabbing three days a week to boost the population of blue crabs along the coast. ... (Access North Georgia, GA)

    Plan to protect blue crabs has some crabbers crying foul  Oct 5, 2003
    BRUNSWICK, GA (AP) -- Georgia crabbers are trying to stop a state proposal to limit commercial crabbing three days a week to boost the population of blue crabs ... (WJXX, FL)

    Britons urged to eat aliens as mitten crabs invade  Oct 7, 2003
    SEAFOOD.COM NEWS [The Independent on Sunday] - October 7, 2003 -Scientists at the Natural History Museum have come up with a novel way of defeating an ... (Seafood.com)

    'Cats downed by Crabs in four  Oct 6, 2003
    BAY CITY – The Ladycats fell to Calhoun's Sandcrabs Tuesday night in a tight 22-25, 26-24, 17-25, 22-25 match for Bay City's first district loss. ... (Bay City Daily Tribune, TX)

    Crabs Crowding Ocean Beach  Oct 3, 2003
    SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Crabs are coming ashore in large numbers on San Francisco's coastline. But don't even think about grabbing ... (KRON4.com, CA)

    Board will consider plan to fish, rebuild blue king crabs  Oct 2, 2003
    By Associated Press. The Alaska Board of Fisheries, hoping to revive the once lucrative Pribilof Island blue king crab fishery, at ... (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, AK)

    Return small crabs  Oct 1, 2003
    In a recent PIRSA report, it was noted that high numbers of undersize crabs were being taken from the water. Fisheries officers ... (Whyalla News, Australia)




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