Recreational Crabber Charged with Violations, Failing to Protect Turtles

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Title: Recreational Crabber Charged with Violations, Failing to Protect Turtles

Date: 06-22-2016 03:55 PM

Summary: A St. Mary's County man has been charged with possessing undersized crabs and failing to equip his crab pots with devices to prevent the drowning of diamondback terrapins.

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Hijinx

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This just in from the somd.com Headline News:

Title: Recreational Crabber Charged with Violations, Failing to Protect Turtles

Date: 06-22-2016 03:55 PM

Summary: A St. Mary's County man has been charged with possessing undersized crabs and failing to equip his crab pots with devices to prevent the drowning of diamondback terrapins.

Click here for the full story...
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I got my pots from Ridge marine Supply and I assumed they were ready to go overboard. I better learn more about these Turtle things.
 
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intertidal

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Hijinx said:
I got my pots from Ridge marine Supply and I assumed they were ready to go overboard. I better learn more about these Turtle things.
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http://dnr2.maryland.gov/Wildlife/documents/terrapinbrochure.pdf

It is legal to sell crab pots without the turtle BRD or crab cull rings attached. But it is not legal for waterfront property owners to use crab pots without them. The turtle BRD requirement does not apply to commercial crabbers because they are not allowed to set crab pots in the tributaries where terrapins occur.
 
Bird Dog

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Most people would not get caught with pots without extruders. DNR has been watching this guy for awhile. His son was caught stealing oysters from a local oyster farm last year and sentenced to 15 months in prison. The oysters were taken to his fathers house. Don't know if Daddy was involved but I am sure DNR has been keeping an eye on him.
 
Hijinx

Hijinx

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intertidal said:
http://dnr2.maryland.gov/Wildlife/documents/terrapinbrochure.pdf

It is legal to sell crab pots without the turtle BRD or crab cull rings attached. But it is not legal for waterfront property owners to use crab pots without them. The turtle BRD requirement does not apply to commercial crabbers because they are not allowed to set crab pots in the tributaries where terrapins occur.
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Mine has the cull rings, but not the turtle thing. I guess I can get them at Walmart.
Never cauight a turtle in the pots before. Get a lot of catfish though.
 
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intertidal

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Hijinx said:
Mine has the cull rings, but not the turtle thing. I guess I can get them at Walmart.
Never cauight a turtle in the pots before. Get a lot of catfish though.
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Don't know about Walmart. Be careful about buying from out of state as other states have different turtle excluder size requirements. This is an old list that doesn't have local places, but I can't find the newer one:

http://dnr2.maryland.gov/fisheries/Documents/flyer_stores.pdf

I saw the galvanized wire type at Sneade's Ace Hardware in Lusby recently.
There is a seller in BelAir who sells them for $2 each with shipping included. I'll look for their site (they used to sell on ebay too for same price) and post it if I can find it.
 
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intertidal

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intertidal said:
Don't know about Walmart. Be careful about buying from out of state as other states have different turtle excluder size requirements. This is an old list that doesn't have local places, but I can't find the newer one:

http://dnr2.maryland.gov/fisheries/Documents/flyer_stores.pdf

I saw the galvanized wire type at Sneade's Ace Hardware in Lusby recently.
There is a seller in BelAir who sells them for $2 each with shipping included. I'll look for their site (they used to sell on ebay too for same price) and post it if I can find it.
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kcrabpots in BelAir sells them online and on ebay. Their ebay name is kcrabpots but they have a message on their site that they are away until June 27 (contact info kcrabpots@aol.com 410-979-8499). They sell the orange plastic BRDs at 4/$8, shipping included.
 
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Bird Dog said:
Most people would not get caught with pots without extruders. DNR has been watching this guy for awhile. His son was caught stealing oysters from a local oyster farm last year and sentenced to 15 months in prison. The oysters were taken to his fathers house. Don't know if Daddy was involved but I am sure DNR has been keeping an eye on him.
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That makes a lot more sense.

Don't get on your local wardens ####list.
 
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