Report on the Scotian shelf fishery for jonah crab, cancer borealis, during 1983 / by Robert W. Elner and David A. Robichaud.: Fs70-8/84-18E-PDF

"Background information is presented on the development of a directed fishery for jonah crab, Cancer borealis, on the Scotian Shelf during 1983. Before the fishery closed due to processing problems, 90.3 metric tons (MT) of jonah crab were landed by 10 permit holders through the period May-August. Port and at-sea sampling of commercial catches indicate that the mean size for landed males remained relatively constant and well above the minimum size limit of 130 mm carapace width "--Abstract, page 2.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans, issuing body.
Canadian Atlantic Fisheries Scientific Advisory Committee, issuing body.
Title Report on the Scotian shelf fishery for jonah crab, cancer borealis, during 1983 / by Robert W. Elner and David A. Robichaud.
Series title CAFSAC research document ; 84/18
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) "Not to be cited without permission of the authors."
Includes bibliographical references (page 7).
Includes abstract in French.
Publishing information St. Andrews, New Brunswick : Invertebrates and Marine Plants Division, Fisheries Research Branch, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, [1983]
Author / Contributor Elner, Robert W., author.
Description 1 online resource (18 pages) : maps, charts.
Catalogue number
  • Fs70-8/84-18E-PDF
Subject terms Jonah crab fisheries -- Nova Scotia.
Crabe nordique -- Pêche commerciale -- Nouvelle-Écosse.
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