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Ghost Pots that Haunt the Chesapeake Bay

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The Chesapeake Bay is filled with ghost pots. These are crab traps. And there are an estimated 600,000 in the waters of the estuary. Pamela D'Angelo with Chesapeake: A Journalism Collaborative prepared this report.

Chesapeake: A Journalism Collaborative is funded by the participating stations with grant support from the Clayton Baker Trust, the Bancroft Foundation, Michael and Anne Hankin, the Jim and Patty Rouse Foundation, the Rob and Elizabeth Tyler Foundation and the Mid-Shore Community Foundation.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.
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