Panel series focuses on challenge of marketing Maryland blue crab vs. imported crabmeat
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Star Democrat] By Henley Moore - October 1, 2014 -
ST. MICHAELS, MD, The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum hosted the third and final installment of its three-part series "State of the Crab: Community Conversations," Sunday, Sept. 28.
The four panelists included Steve Vilnit, director of fisheries marketing at the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, watermen Russell Dize and Rachel Dean and packing house owner Joe Spurry. Michael Paolisso, professor in the department of anthropology at the University of Maryland, served as moderator. Along with poor water quality, state regulations on harvest and sustainability plans, the panelists spoke about how globalization is affecting their products.
According to Vilnit, two to five percent of the crabmeat sold in the region is from a local source...
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