Sentences with phrase «seafood processors hurt»

Maryland and Virginia's U.S. senators say there's no time to waste in declaring the decline of Chesapeake Bay blue crabs a federal disaster... In a letter to federal authorities, the senators argue for a declaration that would provide about $ 20 million in federal aid to watermen and seafood processors hurt by the crab's decline... The letter was sent yesterday to Department of Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez.