Simple and stratified random sample surveys were conducted in Maryland to ascertain the magnitude of the blue crab (Callinectes sapidns) harvest in 1981. The total harvest was approximately 65 x 10 6 lbs with a 95% confidence interval of 58,519,617-70,646,509 lbs. Commercial crab potters ...
Evaluating Rapid and Accountable Commercial Harvest Reporting in the Maryland Blue Crab FisheryH. Ward Slacum Jr
A number of simulations are then run to predict the effects of the TMDL on the Maryland blue crab fishery. The simulations predict that the TMDL is likely to have a small, if not insignificant, effect on the fishery. This result is in part explained by the fact that the current level ...