The Chesapeake has seen better, much better, days, but lately both man and mother nature has given ol’ Chessie quite the beating. According to Virginia state officials, the Chesapeake waterways have been beset by “ghost pots,” the abandoned and errant wire crab traps long lost from their crabbers. Officials announced Friday that more than 10,000 ghost pots had been collected during a winter-long program to clean up the bay this year. 28,000 pots have been removed from the bay since the program’s inception three years ago.