Maryland’s crab industry cracks under tariffs and labor shortages

Maryland’s crab industry cracks under tariffs and labor shortages

The few remaining crab processors across Maryland are facing sweeping tariffs and labor shortages in an already struggling seafood industry.

State Roundup: Tariffs, Labor Shortage Threaten Crab Industry; Officials Warn That Many Marylanders On Medicaid Could Lose Coverage

TARIFFS, LABOR SHORTAGES THREATEN CRAB INDUSTRY: Maryland’s crab processors have become their own endangered species. In the 1980s, there were more than 50 throughout the state; now there are less than 15 in operation. Labor shortages, overfishing in the Chesapeake Bay and imports of cheaper crabs from Venezuela have priced century-old companies out of business. In early May, the Chesapeake Bay Seafood Industries Association sent a letter to Pre…

Baltimore Fishbowl | Tariffs and labor shortfalls threaten Maryland crab industry

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