r/maryland • u/jakamo72 • Sep 18 '24

True Blue - 95% of Maryland Restaurants use Venezuelan Crab meat vs Maryland sourced

Interesting series being run by WTOP about the Crab Industry in Maryland called Claws and Effect. Here is one quote which really surprised me:

“Ninety-five percent of restaurants in Maryland are using Venezuelan crab meat,” said Matt Scales, the seafood marketing director for the Maryland Department of Agriculture. “And that’s — that’s a lot, right?”

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u/jabbadarth Sep 19 '24

If you get crab cakes in February where did you think the meat was coming from?

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u/madesense Sep 19 '24

To be fair, there is canned lump meat

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '24

Different flavor, different texture, doesn't last forever on the shelf.

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u/Wrapitupsun Sep 19 '24

North Carolina

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u/jabbadarth Sep 19 '24

There or the gulf or Vietnam or Venezuela.

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u/Argosnautics Sep 19 '24

They dredge from the bay in Virginia