Blue Crab Farming on Maryland's Eastern Shore

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dc.contributor.advisorAmbrose, Michael Aen_US
dc.contributor.authorDonnelly, Justin Michaelen_US
dc.contributor.departmentArchitectureen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-06T05:31:03Z
dc.date.available2010-04-06T05:31:03Z
dc.date.issued2009en_US
dc.description.abstractBiologists speculate that a combination of pollution and overharvesting might soon lead to the extinction of the blue crab in the Chesapeake Bay. This project investigates inland crab farming as a means by which to resurrect the region's dwindling blue crab industry and alleviate pressure on rapidly declining wild fisheries. Although the project transplants the blue crab onto land, it minimizes the impact to the plants and animals displaced. In short, the project asks us to rethink how we fish and how we farm and how they relate. The architectural proposal seeks to establish the general parameters of a heretofore untried blue crab farming operation and to apply these rules to a specific farm project in Dorchester County, Maryland. The final product consists of a series of greenhoused raceways, constructed wetlands, working meadows, a laboratory for rearing crab eggs to juvenile development, a picking/processing facility, restaurant, and modest educational facilities.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/10054
dc.subject.pqcontrolledArchitectureen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledAgriculture, Fisheries and Aquacultureen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledAgriculture, Food Science and Technologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledAquacultureen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledBlue Craben_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledChesapeake Bayen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledCraben_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledEastern Shoreen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPickingen_US
dc.titleBlue Crab Farming on Maryland's Eastern Shoreen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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