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The blue crab, Callinectes sapidus was chosen as the state crustacean of Maryland in 1989. [17] C. sapidus is a crab found in the waters of the western Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific coast of Central America and the Gulf of Mexico. The blue crab may grow to a carapace width of 230 mm (9.1 in).
This indicates several years of crabs were missing from the area. [8] In 2022, there was a slight increase in crab populations with 0.97 legal crabs being found per pot. [3] In 2023, the average was 1.98 male crabs (legal and illegal size) per pot. [3] The most recent update on marine area closures is the following: [4]
Blue crab escaping from the net along the Core Banks of North Carolina.. Callinectes sapidus (from the Ancient Greek κάλλος,"beautiful" + nectes, "swimmer", and Latin sapidus, "savory"), the blue crab, Atlantic blue crab, or, regionally, the Maryland blue crab, is a species of crab native to the waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, and introduced internationally.
Lee ‘Lucky’ Alewine sorts blue crabs on Sept. 20, 2024, throwing back small ones or females carrying eggs and keeping crabs that are at least five inches from across the shell, point to point.
The legal size of crabs is 6.25 in (159 mm) in California, Oregon, and Washington [4] [5] and 6.5 in (170 mm) in Alaska and Canada. [ 3 ] [ 7 ] Crabs typically reach legal size at three to five years depending on location (Alaska has much slower growth).
The state's blue crab fishery has been declining for years, and no one knows if or when that will turn around as pressures on coastal areas increase. NC's blue crab numbers have been dropping for ...
The Chesapeake Bay, located in Maryland and Virginia, is famous for its "blue crabs", Callinectes sapidus. In 1993, the combined harvest of the blue crabs was valued at around 100 million U.S. dollars. Over the years the harvests of the blue crab dropped; in 2000, the combined harvest was around 45 million dollars.
A couple fishing in Washington’s Puget Sound recently were shocked to find out that their crab pot had not caught any crabs – but the line had ensnared a 10-foot shark.Vito Dunmire recorded ...