The effect of DDT spraying in the Langley-Messick area, 1947

Observations and notes on the effects of DDT spraying

Blue crab mortalities associated with pesticides, herbicides, temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen

Commercial fisheries landings of the blue crab in the Chesapeake Bay have fluctuated widely since the late 1920s (Figure I). Records of annual landings prior to 1929 are sparse and permit little more than a guess of trends, although a discontinuous series of catch records from 1907 to 1926 from individual watermen, on file at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), may provide sufficient baseline data for interpretations or estimates of trends in the early period.https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsbooks/1094/thumbnail.jp

Review of the effects of DDT in the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus

Notes on the usage and effects of DDT

Records of the Chesapeake Bay blue crab fishery

Also part of series: Special report from the Virginia Fisheries Laboratory ; no.5

References bearing on the hydrography of Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries

Also part of series: Special report from the Virginia Fisheries Laboratory ; no.2

Catch and Value of Various American Crustaceans 1929-1960

Occasional reference has been made to the relative magnitude of the catch of the blue crab in waters outside Chesapeake Bay, yet comparisons are not easily made unless data are readily available. Both parallel and opposite trends in catch have been observed. These could be reflections of the amount of fishing effort or the size of the crab stocks. Comparable records of other crustacean fisheries are often of interest. Compilations are given here of data on crabs, shrimp and lobsters originally published in Fishery Industries of the United States and Fishery Statistics of the United States