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Crab catch­ers in Ma­yaro are call­ing on the Gov­ern­ment to cre­ate guide­lines and reg­u­la­tions for mem­bers of the pub­lic who view crab-catch­ing as a hob­by rather than a liveli­hood.

Their call comes amid con­cerns for the species’ sur­vival, as non-pro­fes­sion­als of­ten catch crabs car­ry­ing eggs (berried crabs), which could af­fect fu­ture gen­er­a­tions.

“If they con­tin­ue catch­ing the egg crab (egg-bear­ing shell­fish), it wouldn’t be able to be mul­ti­ply­ing as it is sup­posed to. Every year it go just be go­ing less­er and less­er, al­though they does mul­ti­ply very fast,” crab catch­er Kan­rick Kadoo said.