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MARYLAND: Millions in seafood harvested near Ocean City; scallops, flounder and sea bass most profitable

WEST OCEAN CITY, Md. — It’s unlikely you’ll just stumble upon the Maryland coastline’s only commercial fishing harbor.

But it’s there, and it’s moving millions of pounds of seafood. In 2010, more than 8 million pounds of catch, valued at more than $8 million, was harvested by commercial vessels that dock there.

The Ocean City Commercial Harbor is across the U.S. 50 bridge from the resort, in West Ocean City, nestled about a half-mile south of the road hundreds of thousands of people travel annually to get to and from town.

However, unless first-time tourists hear about one of the restaurants or seafood markets surrounding the docks, they’re probably not going to end up in the area.

But get there early enough in the morning and you’ll see the commercial fishing vessels that dock at the harbor venture out to sea. At first light, they snake through the channels where Sinepuxent Bay meets Isle of Wight Bay, through the Ocean City Inlet that separates the resort from Assateague Island and out to the open ocean.

Read the complete story in The Washington Post

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