Cruise Report 66-S-7 Crab

(PDF contains 6 pages.)

Cruise Report 67-S-1 Crab

(PDF contains 6 pages.)

Cruise Report 68-S-4 Crab

(PDF contains 7 pages.)

Cruise Report 59S7-Crab

(PDF contains 6 pages.)

Cruise Report 59S2-Crab and Shrimp. Cruise Report 59-S-2

(PDF contains 4 pages.)

Cruise Report 58S3-Crab

(PDF contains 4 pages.)

Cruise Report 58S7-Crab

(PDF contains 3 pages.)

Cruise report 61-S-7 shrimp and crab

(PDF contains 7 pages.)

Cruise Report 62-S-8 - Crab

(PDF contains 3 pages.)

Cruise Report 63-S-7 - Crab

(PDF contains 5 pages.)

Cruise Report 63-S-8 - Crab

(PDF contains 3 pages.)

Cruise Report 64-S-7 Crab and Shrimp

(PDF contains 4 pages.)

Synopsis of biological data on the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun

This synopsis reviews taxonomy, morphology, distribution, life history, commercial hard and soft shell crab fisheries, physiology, diseases, ecology, laboratory culture methodology, and influences of environmental pollutants on the blue crab, Callinecles sapidus. Over 300 selected, published reports up to and including 1982 are covered. (PDF file contains 45 pages.)

Blue Crab target setting: final report

We have developed a hierarchy of target levels, designated to address sustainability, efficiency, and recovery scenarios. Targets were derived from: 1) reported catches and effort in the commercial fishery, 2) statistics from fishery-independent surveys, and 3) knowledge of the biology of blue crab. Targets that are recommended include population sizes, catches, and effort levels, as well as reference fishing mortality rates. They are intended to be conservative and risk-averse. (PDF contains 182 pages)

Identification of West African estuarine shrimp and crab larvae

The paper deals with the decapod crustacean larvae likely to be found in fresh and brackish waters in tropical west Africa. It summarizes results from an ongoing program of describing larvae hatched directly from adults of known species, to provide the identification keys necessary for applied research on nursery grounds, plankton ecology and pollution effects. A preliminary key to stage - 1 larvae is given for approximately 40 species. In includes all the genera, and nearly all the species, known to produce larvae in fresh and low-salinity waters. The common species of higher salinity waters are also included