Weather.com - 4/03/13, Pamela Wood
A box full of Maryland blue crabs. Cold temperatures have created a late start to the traditional Chesapeake Bay crab season. Medford Taylor/Getty Images
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — For months, there's been a countdown on the Maryland Seafood website, ticking down the months, days, hours, minutes and even seconds to the most anticipated seafood season of the year: crabbing season.
Monday marks the start of crabbing for both commercial watermen and recreational crabbers who seek the sweet meat of Maryland's blue crabs. But don't expect local crabs to be abundant at seafood markets, crab shacks and crab houses just yet.
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