Annual Blue Crab Advisory Report finds the Bay’s population of female blue crabs remains healthy
Number of juvenile crabs decline for second straight year, which may impact the crabs you eat next year
Number of juvenile crabs decline for second straight year, which may impact the crabs you eat next year
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That is a great question, Earl. Female blue crabs have a greater impact on the number of crabs that will be in the Bay the next year than juveniles and males do, especially since juveniles cannot be harvested. As long as the current population of female blue crabs fall in-between the target and the threshold levels, they are considered to be at a healthy number.
Doesn't' the drastic reduction of the number of juvenile crabs and the overall population of crabs in spite of the adequate number of female crabs indicate that the size of the commercial harvest be reduced?
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