Committee Releases Advisory Report for Chesapeake Bay’s Blue Crab Population Management Options
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Cecil Daily] By JOSH BOLLINGER - July 6, 2015
EASTON — Following a winter dredge survey that yielded positive results for the Chesapeake Bay’s blue crab population, an interagency committee has released an advisory report that contains recommendations to managers of the fishery.
Fishery managers considered the female blue crab population depleted in 2014. Last year’s dredge survey placed the spawning-age female population level around 68.5 million, which is just below the threshold of 70 million that managers have adopted as a ...
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