Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
The scientific name for the Maryland blue crab--callinectes sapidus--is Greek for "beautiful swimmer."
The Chesapeake Bay may be on the path to improvement, but Maryland’s seafood industry has been thrown into a crisis. This year, the Trump administration awarded visas through a lottery system instead of on a “first-come, first served” basis. Nearly half the foreign workers who come to the Eastern Shore each spring to pick crab meat failed to receive visas.
Local lawmakers are taking action, demanding more visas for the seasonal workforce –who come primarily from Mexico.
Kojo discusses the effects of the labor shortage as well as the good news about the Bay.
Guests
- Scott Dance Environment Reporter, Baltimore Sun; @ssdance
- Brooke Landry Biologist, Maryland Department of Natural Resources; @MarylandDNR
- Beth McGee Director of Science and Agricultural Policy, Chesapeake Bay Foundation; @chesapeakebay
- Andy Harris Member, U.S. House of Representatives (R-MD, 1st District)
A Bountiful Bay - Photos from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and Maryland DNR
The American Wigeon is a dabbling duck that spends its winters in the Chesapeake Bay area.
The dredge forever altered the oyster industry in the Bay. Some say it's led to dangerous overharvesting.
Bay grasses serve as a nursery sustaining marine life.
Point Lookout is located at the confluence of the Bay and the Potomac River in St. Mary's County, Maryland.
Bushels of blue crabs sit in baskets by the Chesapeake Bay. The blue crab is native to the Chesapeake, the Western Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
A heron catches its prey. Herons are long-legged, freshwater and coastal birds.
The Choptank Oyster Company has 4,500 floating cages holding about 9 million oysters in the Choptank River near Cambridge, Maryland.
An overhead look at an algae bloom on York River. Such blooms are often the result of an excess of nutrients (particularly phosphorus and nitrogen) in the water which cause increased growth of algae and green plants.
A waterman puts out a crab trap. Blue crabs thrive and hide from predators in the underwater grasses of the Bay.
Water sports are popular on the Bay as ever-growing numbers flock to the watershed. Experts predict the Bay's population will pass 20 million by 2030.
Due to widespread conservation efforts, osprey populations have been on the rebound.
Thousands of species--including tiny crustaceans--thrive in marshes and wetlands.
Those who make a living on the Bay by fishing, crabbing, and dredging for oysters are called "watermen."
About 455 million blue crabs are estimated to be living in the Chesapeake Bay, according to a 2017 survey. The Chesapeake Bay Program tracks the population of female crabs as an indicator of bay health.
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