A federal seafood dispute that Eastern Shore seafood companies warned could devastate crab supply chains has now taken a new turn Monday, with federal regulators officially allowing imports from certain countries to continue.
A coalition of seafood companies including several local businesses filed a federal lawsuit challenging new federal seafood import restrictions that they say could devastate crab processing operations on the Eastern Shore and disrupt the nation’s crab supply chain.
After a presence in the town for over 120 years, Handy Seafood has listed its processing plant in Crisfield up for sale.
The Office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal is investigating a fire that heavily damaged a maintenance shop at Handy Seafood International overnight.
Whether its crabs, crab cakes or any of the dozens of fish swimming off the coast – Delmarva knows its seafood.
