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Restaurants deploy ingenious method to save cherished seafood item: 'We got to eat our way out of this problem'

"Absolutely delicious."

by Mandela Namaste, thecooldown.com

If Baltimore is known for anything, it's seafood — specifically blue crabs. They are as integral to the city's food culture as deep-dish pizza is to Chicago or cheesesteaks in Philadelphia. But what happens when the crabs start getting eaten by fish instead of humans?

This is a real problem that Baltimore restaurants have been dealing with lately. Before fishermen can snap up local crabs, they are being eaten by an invasive species of catfish that has taken over Chesapeake Bay in recent years. And while it's been an adjustment for local businesses and restaurants, they've arrived at a delightful solution: To rid Chesapeake of these catfish, just eat them!

Speaking to two women from a local restaurant at the historic Lexington Market, Nestor Aparicio of the radio station WNST 1570 FINISH READING HERE

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