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Fishery Bulletin 89(3), 1991 



COARSEHAND LADY CRAB/^^ 



SYMBOL SIZE NUMBER/TOW 



1-4 

 o 5-19 



O 20-49 



Figure 13 



Coarsehand lady crab distribution, from winter dredge, summer dredge, summer trawl, and fall trawl surveys. 



latitudes and lower temperatures than Ovalipes throughout the year, whereas northern lady crabs are 

 species. Rock and northern lady crabs are most abun- inactive in the winter. Jonah and coarsehand lady 

 dant at inshore strata, but rock crabs are active crabs are more sparsely distributed in the study area 



