Counteractive effects of increased temperature and pCO2 on the thickness and chemistry of the carapace of juvenile blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, from the Patuxent River, Chesapeake Bay

2018 ◽  
Vol 498 ◽  
pp. 39-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hillary Lane Glandon ◽  
K. Halimeda Kilbourne ◽  
Johan Schijf ◽  
Thomas J. Miller
2008 ◽  
Vol 16 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 24-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yonathan Zohar ◽  
Anson H. Hines ◽  
Oded Zmora ◽  
Eric G. Johnson ◽  
Romuald N. Lipcius ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 492-501 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah A. M. Rains ◽  
Michael J. Wilberg ◽  
Thomas J. Miller

Author(s):  
Robert Francis Semmler ◽  
Matthew Bryan Ogburn ◽  
Robert Aguilar ◽  
Elizabeth Watkins North ◽  
Marjorie Lindquist Reaka ◽  
...  

Despite the need to quantify total catch to support sustainable fisheries management, estimating harvests of recreational fishers remains a challenge. Harvest estimates from mark–recapture studies have proven valuable, yet animal movements and migrations may bias some of these estimates. To improve recreational harvest estimates, explore seasonal and spatial harvest patterns, and understand the influence of animal movement on exploitation rates, we conducted a mark–recapture experiment for the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) fishery in Maryland waters of Chesapeake Bay, USA. Data were analyzed with standard tag-return methods and with revised equations that accounted for crab movement between reporting areas. Using standard calculations, state-wide recreational harvest was estimated to be 4.04 million crabs. When movement was included in the calculations, the estimate was 5.39 million, an increase of 34%. With crab movement, recreational harvest in Maryland was estimated to be 6.5% of commercial harvest, a finding consistent with previous effort surveys. The new methods presented herein are broadly applicable for estimating recreational harvest in fisheries that target mobile species and for which spatial variation in commercial harvest is known.


2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (22) ◽  
Author(s):  
Padmini Ramachandran ◽  
Elizabeth Reed ◽  
Andrea Ottesen

ABSTRACT The Maryland blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) is a treasured food, especially in areas surrounding the Chesapeake Bay. It has huge economic impact on commerce, and thus, understanding the bacterial, fungal, and viral constituents of its microbiome provides valuable information to safely manage aquaculture, handling, and cooking of this valuable commodity.


Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document