Although few blue crabs in 1999, some grew to large size. A six-inch ruler was not long enough to measure these crabs caught in the Patuxent River.

Image ID: line0780, NOAA's America's Coastlines Collection
Location: Maryland, Patuxent River
Photo Date: 1999 July
Photographer: Mary Hollinger, NODC biologist, NOAA


Category: Coastline/Chesapeake Bay Maryland/

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