Status and trends in the Texas blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) fishery

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 405-412

  Hammerschmidt, Paul ^a   Wagner, Tom ^a   Lewis, George ^a  

^a TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Blue crab; Callinectes sapidus; Texas

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CATCH STATISTICS; CRAB FISHERY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY PRODUCTION; RECRUITMENT;

UNITED STATES;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA;

EID: 0031759667     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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