Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee Publications

This report summarizes the 2024 Winter Dredge Survey and 2023 harvest data discussed at the May 21, 2024, Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee meeting.

View document [PDF, 981.2 KB] 2024 Blue Crab Advisory Report

This study summarizes work to develop and evaluate operating models for the Chesapeake Bay blue crab fishery.

View document [PDF, 5.2 MB] A Population Simulation Model for Blue Crab Stock Assessment Performance Evaluation

This document summarizes a study that used the operating model approach to test the performance of blue crab benchmark assessments and management.

View document [PDF, 321.3 KB] Testing Blue Crab Management: Simulating the Present to Sustain the Future

This report summarizes the 2023 Winter Dredge Survey and 2022 harvest data discussed at the May 18, 2023, Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee meeting.

View document [PDF, 668.2 KB] 2023 Blue Crab Advisory Report

This report summarizes the proceedings of a workshop to discuss blue crab population drivers and stock assessment modeling to better understand recent population declines and prepare for the upcoming benchmark stock assessment.

View document [PDF, 511.3 KB] Blue Crab Population Drivers and Stock Assessment in Chesapeake Bay

This report summarizes the 2022 Winter Dredge Survey and 2021 harvest data discussed at the May 25, 2022, Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee meeting.

View document [PDF, 396.1 KB] 2022 Blue Crab Advisory Report

This report summarizes the 2021 Winter Dredge Survey and 2020 harvest data discussed at the May 18, 2021, Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee meeting.

View document [PDF, 801.2 KB] 2021 Blue Crab Advisory Report

This study, conducted by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, applies models to understand the influence of climatic, water quality, and biotic variables on estimates of key indices of blue crab recruitment for 1990‐2017. The published results can be accessed here: https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/cjfas-2019-0439

View document [PDF, 2.3 MB] Evaluation of Environmental Factors Influencing Blue Crab Populations

Annual report published by the Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee on the status of the blue crab population in the Chesapeake Bay and management advice for Bay jurisdictions.

GIT-funded project final report (August 2019) by University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Chesapeake Biological Laboratory

View document [PDF, 2.0 MB] Ranking Ecosystem Impacts on Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus)

Annual report published by the Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee on the status of the blue crab population in the Chesapeake Bay and management advice for Bay jurisdictions.

View document [PDF, 651.7 KB] CBSAC 2019 Blue Crab Advisory Report

Annual report published by the Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee on the status of the blue crab population in the Chesapeake Bay and management advice for Bay jurisdictions.

View document [PDF, 631.3 KB] CBSAC 2018 Blue Crab Advisory Report

The Blue Crab Management Outcome under the 2014 Chesapeake Watershed Agreement states that in addition to managing for a stable and productive crab fishery, the partnership will evaluate an allocation-based management framework by 2018. An allocation-based management framework would designate a numerical total allowable catch of blue crabs for the Chesapeake Bay and allocate a percentage of the total allowable catch to each of the three fishery management agencies, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (MDNR), the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) and the Potomac River Fishery Commission (PRFC). This document describes the progress made towards the Blue Crab Management Outcome evaluation of an allocation-based management framework as of September 2017.

View document [PDF, 128.2 KB] Blue Crab Management Outcome: Evaluation of Allocation-based Management Framework

Annual report published by the Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee (CBSAC) on the status of the blue crab population in the Chesapeake Bay and management advice for Bay jurisdictions.

View document [PDF, 550.6 KB] CBSAC 2017 Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Advisory Report

Preliminary statement from the Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee summarizing the 2017 blue crab winter dredge survey results, stock status, and short term considerations for management.

View document [PDF, 256.9 KB] 2017 Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey Results--CBSAC Preliminary Statement

Annual report published by the Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee (CBSAC) on the status of the blue crab population in the Chesapeake Bay and management advice for Bay jurisdictions.

View document [PDF, 500.3 KB] CBSAC 2016 Blue Crab Advisory Report

Annual report published by the Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee (CBSAC) on the status of the blue crab population in the Chesapeake Bay and management advice for Bay jurisdictions.

View document [PDF, 434.4 KB] CBSAC 2015 Blue Crab Advisory Report

Annual report published by the Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee (CBSAC) on the status of the blue crab population in the Bay and management advice for Bay jurisdictions.

View document [PDF, 108.2 KB] CBSAC 2014 Blue Crab Advisory Report Figures

Annual report published by the Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee (CBSAC) on the status of the blue crab population in the Bay and management advice for Bay jurisdictions.

View document [PDF, 186.9 KB] CBSAC 2014 Blue Crab Advisory Report

Annual report published by the Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee (CBSAC) on the status of the blue crab population in the Bay and management advice for Bay jurisdictions.

View document [PDF, 288.2 KB] 2013 Blue Crab Advisory Report Figures

Annual report published by the Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee (CBSAC) on the status of the blue crab population in the Bay and management advice for Bay jurisdictions.

View document [PDF, 156.6 KB] 2013 Blue Crab Advisory Report

Annual report published by the Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee (CBSAC) on the status of the blue crab population in the Bay and management advice for Bay jurisdictions.

View document [PDF, 120.9 KB] 2012 Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Advisory Report