Marylanders know that their state’s blue crabs have plenty to struggle with just to survive in the Chesapeake Bay.

Then, when I read the July 30 Metro article "McAuliffe's claim to blue crabs has Maryland seeing red," I learned that the poor crustaceans also have to be concerned about which state to claim as their proper residency!

I was born in Pennsylvania. As an infant, I traveled across the state line to live in Maryland, and I’m still an inhabitant of Maryland. Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) asserted that the crabs are Virginians , but given my experience I believe the location of blue crabs when hatched as larvae isn’t relevant, but the crabs’ “place of residence” when they are harvested and designated Maryland blue crabs is.

Robert L. Rudnick, Potomac

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