The Chesapeake Bay Foundation says President Barack Obama's decision to allow oil drilling off the coast of Virginia could endanger the blue crab and other species.
The foundation says crabs float near the surface of offshore waters during their larval stage and can't escape spills. Foundation president Will Baker says a spill could destroy an entire year of newborn crabs, threatening the livelihoods of watermen and others.
The foundation says the Virginia coast is as much a part of the bay ecosystem as the rivers that feed the Chesapeake. Baker says Obama's executive order last year calls for a strategy to cut bay pollution and offshore drilling is a new pollution source capable of devastating damage.
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