With fishing schedules being tightened by states along the coast, Maryland and Virginia’s senators are asking for $20 million in federal aid to satisfy cries for help from their fishermen and seafood processors.

The ‘hen has come home to roost’, and now that marine life is dwindling around the world, those who’ve been busy feeding our insatiable appetites for seafood are the same ones claiming they aren’t making enough money to sustain their lifestyles anymore.

What a lot of tourists don’t realize is that some of the fish they’re eating here in the restaurants lining Shem Creek have actually been shipped in frozen from other locations, either because our supplies have dwindled, or they’re just not native to this area.

The same goes for those ‘famous Maryland blue crabs’ too though. What many people up there don’t understand is that truckloads of those crabs come from right here in SC, with a handsome profit if they’ve been steamed with Old Bay seasoning too!

“They don’t get a nice big crab like we do here. … Everybody in Maryland thinks they’re Maryland crabs.” - Charleston.net

Hello everybody! The ‘Websites Done Right‘ guys just updated my Shem Creek seafood restaurants & businesses page.

When you check out the map, it places a marker on each restaurant & business like it did before, but now, Google Earth functionality has been added to it when you load the page. How cool is that? Have fun, and don’t forget the sunscreen!

We all had a great time yesterday at Alhambra Hall for the annual Blessing of the Fleet. I’ve never seen so many people there, something spurred on by the awesome weather I’m sure.

It was also cool to see some turtles (or were they tortoises?) and some slithery snake bracelets brought in by the local animal lover’s.

You can click the clown to see a gallery of 27 pictures I took while there.