The Fishery for Blue Crabs in the St. Johns River, Florida, with Special Reference to Fluctuations in Yield Between 1961 and 1962

The Bureau of Commercial Fisheries began studying the blue crab in 1957 to determine factors affecting the abundance of marketable-size crabs. In 1961 a field station for studying the blue crab and its fishery in the St. Johns River was established at Green Cove Springs, Fla.

Publisher - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)

Subjects - Crustacean, Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus

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Citation: Tagatz ME. 1965. The Fishery for Blue Crabs in the St. Johns River, Florida, with Special Reference to Fluctuations in Yield Between 1961 and 1962. Washington (DC): U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). 11 pp http://archive.org/download/specialscientifi501usfi/specialscientifi501usfi_bw.pdf