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More than just blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay

Chesapeake Bay blue crabs get a lot of attention, but there are plenty of other amazing critters that live in or visit the bay.

Tags: Michelle Basch , Chesapeake Bay , manatees , whales , chessie

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Nothing to get crabby about -- bay's crab population increases

Chesapeake Bay's blue crab population increased 60 percent in a year and is at its highest level since 1997, the governors of Maryland and Virginia say.

Tags: crabs , Chesapeake Bay , Martin O'Malley , Bob McDonnell , Maryland Department of Natural Resources , DNR , Grasonville , Virginia Institute of Marine Science , VIMS , Rom Lipcius , Potomac River Fisheries Commission , John Griffin , Doug Domenech , crabbing , watermen , Colleen Kelleher

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