Cronin, L. Eugene, Willard A. Van Engel, David 

 G. Cargo, and Frank J. Wojcik. 



1957. A partial bibliography on the genus 

 Callinectes. Virginia Fisheries Laboratory, 

 Gloucester Point, Special Scientific Report, 

 No. 8; and, Maryland Department of Research 

 and Education, Reference No. 57-26, 21 p. 



Divided into three groups: complete, 

 published references; manuscripts; and 

 incomplete or unchecked references. A 

 subject index is included. 



Cummins, Robert, Jr., and Joaquim B. Rivers. 



1962. Blue crab trawl fishery of Georgia. 

 Commercial Fisheries Review, vol. 24, No. 3, 

 p. 1-6. 



The fishery in bays and sounds is year- 

 round; a double-rigged trawler can average 

 1,500 to 2,000 pounds of crabs a day. The 

 specially designed 57-foot trawls are 

 described and illustrated. 



Darnell, RezneatM. 



1958. Food habits of fishes and larger inverte- 

 brates of Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, an 

 estuarine community. Publications of the 

 University of Texas, Institute of Marine Sci- 

 ence, vol. 5, p. 353-416. 



Blue crabs fed principally on mollusks 

 (clams, mussels, and snails), crustaceans 

 (crabs and some barnacles), and to a lesser 

 degree on insects, hydroids, annelid worms, 

 fish, algae, and vascular plants. Foods of 

 young and adults were similar. Blue crabs 

 often were an important food for various 

 fish such as alligator gar, yellow bass, and 

 largemouth bass. 



1959. Studies of the life history of the blue 

 crab (Callinectes sapidus Rathbun) in Louisi- 

 ana waters. Transactions of the American 

 Fisheries Society, vol. 88, No. 4, p. 294-304. 



Life history, growth, food habits, parasites, 

 physiological rhythms, and periodicity in 

 Lake Pontchartrain. 



Dassow, John A. 



1963. The crab and lobster fisheries, p. 

 193-208. In Maurice E. Stansby [ed.] Indus- 

 trial fishery technology. Reinhold Publishing 

 Corporation, New York. 



Methods of fishing for blue crabs. Proce- 

 dures used in the industry for soft-shell, 



fresh, frozen, and canned blue crab 

 products. 



Dassow, John A., S. R. Pottinger, and John 

 Holston. 



1956. Preparation, freezing, and cold storage 

 of fish, shellfish, and precooked fishery 

 products. Refrigeration of fish. Part 4. U.S. 

 Fish and Wildlife Service, Fishery Leaflet No. 

 430, 124 p. 



Methods of catching blue crabs, prepara- 

 tion and freezing of picked meat, and 

 preparation of soft-shell crabs. Frozen- 

 storage life of meat is about 1 month. 



Daugherty, F. M., Jr. 



1952. The blue crab investigation, 1949-50. 



Texas Journal of Science, vol. 4, No. 1, p. 



77-84. 



An investigation of the blue crab in Texas 

 waters. Most spawning occurs in the Gulf 

 of Mexico where the eggs hatch. Spawning 

 extends from December to October. A 

 gulfward movement of females reaches a 

 peak in June and July. Crabs were infested 

 (6.9 percent) with Loxothylacus texanus. 



Davis, Charles C. 



1942. A study of the crab pot as a fishing 

 gear. Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solo- 

 mons, Md., Publication No. 53, 20 p. 



The crab pot is efficient and easier to fish 



than the trot-line. From the viewpoint of 



conservation, it would harm the resource if 



used in shallow waters rather than in the 



open Chesapeake Bay, and if there were no 



restrictions on the number fished. 



Describes the pot and how fished. 



1965. A study of the hatching process in 



aquatic invertebrates. XX. The blue crab, 



Callinectes sapidus, Rathbun. XXI. The 



nemertean, Carcinonemertes carcinophila 



(Kolliker). Chesapeake Science, vol. 6, No. 4, 



p. 201-208. 



Hatching mechanisms in the blue crab and 

 in its egg and gill parasite. Crabs escape 

 from the egg membrane as a prezoea. 

 Ecdysis to first zoeal stage occurs after 

 emergence. In Carcinonemertes, the larva 

 escapes from the egg membrane by secre- 

 tion of an enzyme. 



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