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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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Department/Agency
  • Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans, issuing body.
  • Canadian Atlantic Fisheries Scientific Advisory Committee, issuing body.
TitleReport 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 typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
FormatDigital text
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.
Description1 online resource (18 pages) : maps, charts.
Catalogue number
  • Fs70-8/84-18E-PDF
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