ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Fallout from a controversial decision in Virginia to lift a 15-year ban on harvesting blue crabs in the winter with heavy dredges has amplified tensions between states about how to manage the Chesapeake Bay's most valuable commercial fishery. The decision from the Virginia Marine Resources Commission in June shocked Maryland authorities.

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