crab industry

Despite the pandemic, more than 12,000 workers received U.S. approval in the last fiscal year to leave their homes in Mexico for jobs in American seafood processing plants

Leaders in the Maryland crab industry are reaching out for help as they face worker shortages in their Eastern Shore processing plants. There is a concern the crab industry could face a collapse. “It’s gonna be a catastrophe,” said head of the Chesapeake Seafood Industries Association Jack Brooks. “It can be fixed.” Seasonal migrant workers are selected through a...

Maryland’s crabbing industry relies on immigrant workers with visas for seasonal labor. However, most of the workers who applied were denied visas. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.