We are a commune of inquiring, skeptical, politically centrist, capitalist, anglophile, traditionalist New England Yankee humans, humanoids, and animals with many interests beyond and above politics. Each of us has had a high-school education (or GED), but all had ADD so didn't pay attention very well, especially the dogs. Each one of us does "try my best to be just like I am," and none of us enjoys working for others, including for Maggie, from whom we receive neither a nickel nor a dime. Freedom from nags, cranks, government, do-gooders, control-freaks and idiots is all that we ask for.
In the case of crab meat from Maryland, one big factor in higher prices is the decision of the State legislature to impose expensive "safety" laws on processing plants. This caused many of them to close down, meaning that if a crab fisher catches a lot of crabs, he or she may have nowhere to process it. This depresses the fishing industry. No input, no output.