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Cleaning Up Ghost Traps in the Chesapeake Bay

Delmarva Public Media
Published October 14, 2026 at 10:30 AM EDT
Crab Trap
Virginia Institute of Marine Science - CCRM/VIMS
Crab Trap

The Virginia Institute of Marine Science has allocated $225,000 that will go to removing abandoned ghost traps left behind by watermen. In our partnership with the Bay Journal Delmarva Pubic Media's Don Rush talks with reporter Lauren Hines-Acosta about the projects.

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