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Fishery Bulletin 89(3). 1991 



NORTHERN LADY CRAB 



MIDDLE-ATLANTIC 

 BOTH SEXES, N-3646 



1 000 



w 



CD 



< 



cr 

 o 



LL 



o 



QC 

 UJ 



m 



5 

 D 



800 



600- 



4i ii 



200 



3456789 10 11 

 CARAPACE WIDTH (CM) 



70 



60 



COARSEHAND LADY CRAB 



MIDDLE- ATLANTIC 

 BOTH SEXES, N-214 



4 5 6 7 8 9 10 

 CARAPACE WIDTH (CM) 



Figure 8 (continued) 



Figure 9 (facing page) 



Sex ratios (abundance males:abundance females) of rock and Jonah 

 crabs, by season and offshore/inshore strata, middle- Atlantic subarea. 



Figure 10 (facing page) 



Sex ratios (abundance males:abundanee females) of rock and Jonah 

 crabs by time of day, all subareas combined. 



