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.