[A Maryland Sea Grant Publication]

Japanese Hatchery-based Stock Enhancement:
Lessons for the Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab

[watercolor of crabs in a bed of submerged aquatic vegetation]

David H. Secor
Associate Professor, Fisheries Scientist
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Solomons, Maryland


Anson H. Hines
Assistant Director, Marine Ecologist
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Edgewater, Maryland


Allen R. Place
Professor, Biochemist
Center of Marine Biotechnology
University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute
Baltimore, Maryland

Acknowledgments – Preface – Report Highlights – Executive Summary – Introduction

World Fisheries for Swimming Crabs – Japanese Sea Ranching Program

Hatchery Contributions – Fishing Cooperatives – Genetics & Survivorship

Three Case Studies – Summary of Case Studies

Implications for Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Enhancements

Conclusions – References – Download the PDF version


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Maryland Sea Grant Publication Number UM-SG-TS-2002-02 (September 2002)
Cover photo from Japan Sea Farming Association

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