CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 1 



Life history of the blue crab 2 



The river and the location of the crab fishery 2 



The commercial fishery for blue crabs 2 



Fishing gear 2 



Regulations 4 



Collection of data on catch and effort 4 



Statistics of the fishery, 1961-62 5 



Composition of the catch , 7 



Species composition 7 



Sex composition 8 



Width distribution 8 



Width-weight relation 8 



Minimum market size 9 



Factors affecting size of catch 9 



Summary 10 



Acknowledgment 11 



Literature cited 11 



