Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) crews were in the Chesapeake Bay on Thursday, cutting through ice to reopen a key watermen’s basin.
Frigid temperatures have left Maryland’s waterways iced over, which has kept watermen off the water and out of work for weeks.
“If you can’t make no money, you can’t pay no bills,” said Capt. Tyrone Meredith, a Maryland waterman.
A.V. Sandusky breaking through the ice
In Kent Narrows, Maryland, DNR sent out its ice-breaking vessel, the A.V. Sandusky, to clear a path through the ice to open the Queen Anne’s County watermen’s basin near the drawbridge…