U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 



1919-69. Fishery statistics of the United 



States. U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, Fishery 



Industries of the U. S., 1918-1939; U. S. Fish 



and Wildlife Service, Statistical Digests, 1939+ 



Annual summaries of blue crab landings 



and their value, by State and by region 



(Middle Atlantic, Chesapeake, South 



Atlantic, and Gulf Fisheries), and of 



canned, processed, and frozen blue crab 



products. 



1945. Edible crabs. U. S. Fish and Wildlife 



Service, Fishery Leaflet No. 71,4 p. 



General references to range, habitat, 

 industry, and life history. 

 1948. The blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. U. S. 

 Fish and Wildlife Service, Fishery Leaflet No. 

 282, 3 p. 



General account of life history and migra- 

 tions in Chesapeake Bay; also the fishery 

 and industry. 

 1952-69. Fishery products reports. Produc- 

 tion of fishery products in Maryland, North 

 Carolina, and Virginia as reported to Hamp- 

 ton Fishery Market News Office, Bureau of 

 Commercial Fisheries, Market News Service. 

 Daily, monthly, and annual data on land- 

 ings, receipts, supplies, prices, imports, and 

 movements of fishery products in local 

 areas; market conditions, and fishery 

 developments. 



1957. Canned fish and shellfish preferences of 

 household consumers, 1956. U. S. Fish and 

 Wildlife Service, Special Scientific Reports- 

 Fisheries No. 200, 328 p. 



Report on a nationwide survey of 2,543 



households pertaining to the use of canned 



fish and shellfish (crab meat is included) 



products by consumers and their specific 



preferences and demands. 



1963-69. Annual reports of the Bureau of 



Commercial Fisheries Biological Laboratory, 



Beaufort, N. C, for fiscal years ending June 



30, 1961-1968. U. S. Fish and Wildlife 



Service, Circular No. 148, 184, 198, 215, 240, 



264, 287 and 341. 



Research on blue crab included biological 

 studies on the Newport River, N.C., and St. 

 Johns River, Fla.; tagging program in South 

 Carolina; population studies on the Neuse 

 River, N.C.; and laboratory experiments on 



survival requirements of larvae, juveniles, 

 and adults. 



U. S. Tariff Commission. 



1941. Crab meat. Report to the president. U. 



S. Tariff Commission, Report No. 147, 2nd 



series, 56 p. 



Differences in costs of production of crab 

 meat (including the blue crab) in the 

 United States and in the principal com- 

 peting country (Japan). 



Van Engel, W. A. 



1954. Prepared crab products growing in 

 popularity. Frosted Food Field, vol. 18, No. 

 4, p. 19-20. 



The marketing of quick-frozen crab prod- 

 ucts and the difficulties resulting from 

 fluctuations in the blue crab supply in 

 Chesapeake Bay. 

 1958. The blue crab and its fishery in 

 Chesapeake Bay. Part 1. Reproduction, early 

 development, growth, and migration. Com- 

 mercial Fisheries Review, vol. 20, No. 6, p. 

 6-17. 



This comprehensive work on the blue crab 



includes life history, life history stages, 



migrations, worldwide distribution, and 



food of larval and postlarval crabs. Brief 



references to the hormonal control of 



molting and the effects of salinity on the 



growth of larvae and juveniles. Fluctuations 



in the total catch in Chesapeake Bay, 



1880-1955. 



1962. The blue crab and its fishery in 



Chesapeake Bay. Part 2. Types of gear for 



hard crab fishing. Commercial Fisheries 



Review, vol. 24, No. 9, p. 1-10. 



Pots, trotlines, and dredges are the most 

 suitable gear. Pots account for two-thirds 

 of hard crab catch in Virginia and more 

 than half of catch in Maryland. The dredge 

 is the primary winter gear. Also discusses 

 the development of the crab industry. 



Van Engel, W. A., and F. J. Wojcik. 



1965a. Catch and value of the Chesapeake 

 Bay blue crab, 1800-1960. Virginia Institute 

 of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, Data 

 Report No. 2, 39 p. 



A detailed summary of the catch and value, 

 by gear, of blue crabs captured in Virginia 



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