Professional crab picker Joyce Fitchett, 76, shows how to pick crabs. She’s worked at different crab packing houses in Crisfield for more than 70 years. Crab picker Milkey Brown, 84, retired from ...

Marylanders often debate the best method for picking crabs. Let Joyce Fitchett settle the matter. Fitchett’s technique has been passed through generations of Eastern Shore women. It’s won her eight ...

At 86 years old, Hazel Cropper is a mother, grandmother and world champion crab picker. The crustaceans are a staple in Maryland, her home state, and she learned to pick them from her grandmother when ...

FISHING CREEK, Md. (AP) — Because would-be crab pickers haven't been able to get temporary visas, many crab processing plants in Dorchester County are expected to stay closed when the season opens on ...