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PHOTOS: Crabbing in Virginia
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Many crab fishermen have worked on the water for dozens of years.
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Chesapeake Blue Crabs are valued for their taste and considered a natural resource of the region.
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Virginia Marine Police officers patrol the Chesapeake Bay to enforce commercial fishing regulations
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VMP Officers check the size of each crab to ensure fishermen are only catching crabs that are bigger than the regulatory limit
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Chesapeake Blue Crabs on the James River
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Seafood DNA testing company Applied Food Technologies said 80 percent of the crab it receives to test is either mixed or mislabeled
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Crabbers can only catch a certain number of bushels per day, depending on their license
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Crabbers dock their boats at a Newport News marina
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Virginia Marine Police officers patrol the Chesapeake Bay to enforce commercial fishing regulations
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Many crab fishermen have worked on the water for dozens of years.
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