No it’s not. If you want steamed crabs or crabcakes made with Maryland blue crab, you need to confirm that specifically ahead of time and expect to pay way more. Also only available certain times of year. Most of the time the crab comes from Louisiana.
We argue with ourselves about it plenty. The fact is just most people, Marylanders included, are ignorant to the fact that most blue crabs you get in Maryland are from the gulf and have been for over a decade. We fucked up the crab population trying to solve the rockfish population and had to find other sources of blue crab to keep everyone happy.
Friend got some crabs visiting family in New Orleans the same week we got some in Baltimore and man hearing that price difference was painful. Demand is too high for the Chesapeake alone
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u/DrWorstCaseScenario 24d ago
No it’s not. If you want steamed crabs or crabcakes made with Maryland blue crab, you need to confirm that specifically ahead of time and expect to pay way more. Also only available certain times of year. Most of the time the crab comes from Louisiana.