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...farm lands, has lowered the Chesapeake's oxygen level. The primary victims are the oysters, whose numbers have been declining in recent years. The secondary victims are watermen like Brown, whose family has been working the water for three generations, and Sprague, a Californian who was sent to Maryland as a serviceman and liked it so well that he stayed. "I've seen it good and I've seen it bad," says Brown. "But this is really...
...indeed. Maryland's department of natural resources reports that this year's oyster harvest is one of the worst ever. That is why Brown and Sprague work as often as the weather allows. And that is why they are down at the Dennis Point Marina in rural Drayden at 6 a.m., when both the sky and the St. Marys River are the color of a day-old bruise. "Got to get out there early," says Brown. "Want to get them oysters before they wake...
Heading back to Drayden, Sprague and Brown admit they are depressed about the way things are going-but not enough to consider doing something else. Fishing, Brown explains, is simply in his blood: "We have a saying around here. 'If a child born in Maryland takes his first steps into the bay, he'll be a waterman.' Parents always say, 'Oh Lord, don't let my boy taste salt water...
...when it was disclosed in 1976 that he had not filed an income tax return in five years. Strangely enough, Conrad had paid $684,000 in withholding taxes and always managed company affairs with great prudence. On Kostelanetz's advice, Conrad resigned and retired to Maryland. He has since filed the back returns and paid roughly $30,000. "People don't like to do unpleasant things,'' Kostelanetz reflects. "Difficult as it is to believe, they may not feel like filling out a tax return, and so they...
With funds provided mainly by booster groups, some of these teams plan to travel to place like Florida. Maryland, and Tennessee in search of competition and sunny climes...