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Crabbers claim victory on license freezing issue

After several heated meetings, many crabbers and waterman were furious with the DNR and pleading with officials to withdraw the Limited Crab Catcher (LCC) component of the Department’s 2009 blue crab regulatory proposal.

ANNAPOLIS – The state is undoing its proposal to freeze the licenses of certain inactive commercial crabbers.
John R. Griffin, secretary of natural resources, [...]