Abstract:Objective
Blue crabs Callinectes sapidus support one of our nation's most valuable fisheries, and Louisiana has led national landings from 2012 to 2021. Fishery‐independent estimates of abundance have declined in recent years; in 2015, the Louisiana spawning stock biomass reached the lowest point ever recorded. Management efforts for the blue crab spawning stock have been hindered by incomplete knowledge of the dynamics of natural and fishing mortality. The purpose of this study was to examine spatiotemporal v… Show more
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