Beautiful Swimmers: Watermen, Crabs and the Chesapeake Bay

William W. Warner

How do the watermen of the Chesapeake find and catch blue crabs, and what does the life of the crab tell us about the Bay?

At a glance

You will learn how a working crabber reads the bottom, the weather and the season to decide where to fish
You will understand where blue crabs go through the seasons, from buried winter beds to a summer spread up rivers and onto marshes
You will see why the Bay's pollution grows in step with the population around it, as nutrient loads double when people do