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Crabs in Cold Water Regions: Biology, Management, And

Crabs in Cold Water Regions: Biology, Management, And

Contents

About the Symposium ...... ix

The Lowell Wakefield Symposium Series ...... ix

Proceedings Acknowledgments ...... x

Correct Spelling and Publication Date for the Golden King ( aequispinus Benedict, 1895) Thomas C. Shirley ...... 1

Checklist of Alaskan Bradley G. Stevens ...... 5

Life History, Growth, and Mortality Setal Stage Duration of Female Adult ( magister) Todd W. Miller and David Hankin ...... 9

Estimating Intermolt Duration in Giant Crabs (Pseudocarcinus gigas) Caleb Gardner, Andrew Jenkinson, and Hendrik Heijnis ...... 17

Molting of Red ( camtschaticus) Observed by Time-Lapse Video in the Laboratory Bradley G. Stevens ...... 29

Growth of Red King Crabs from the Central Aleutian Islands, Ivan Vining, S. Forrest Blau, and Douglas Pengilly ...... 39

Estimating Natural Mortality of King Crabs from Tag Recapture Data M.S.M. Siddeek, Leslie J. Watson, S. Forrest Blau, and Holly Moore ...... 51

Estimating Molting Probabilities of Female Dungeness Crabs (Cancer magister) in Northern : A Multi-Stage Latent Variable Approach Qian-Li Xue and David G. Hankin ...... 77

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Effects of Windchill on the Snow Crab ( ) Jonathan J. Warrenchuk and Thomas C. Shirley ...... 81

Testing Carapace Morphology Characteristics for Field Identification of Chionoecetes Hybrids Daniel Urban, Douglas Pengilly, Luke Jadamec, and Susan C. Byersdorfer ...... 97

Life History of the Galatheid Crab subrugosa in Subantarctic Waters of the Beagle Channel, Argentina Federico Tapella, M. Carolina Romero, Gustavo A. Lovrich, and Alejandro Chizzini ...... 115

The Complete Larval Development of Chionoecetes japonicus under Laboratory Conditions Kooichi Konishi, Toshie Matsumoto, and Ryo Tsujimoto ...... 135

Growth, Maturity, and Mating of Male Southern King Crab () in the Beagle Channel, Argentina Gustavo A. Lovrich, Julio H. Vinuesa, and Barry D. Smith ...... 147

Growth and Molting of Golden King Crabs () in the Eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska Leslie J. Watson, Douglas Pengilly, and S. Forrest Blau ...... 169

Larval Culture of the King Crabs Paralithodes camtschaticus and P. brevipes Jiro Kittaka, Bradley G. Stevens, Shin-ichi Teshima, and Manabu Ishikawa ...... 189

Injuries and Aerial Exposure to Crabs during Handling in Fisheries Donn A. Tracy and Susan C. Byersdorfer ...... 211

Reproductive Biology and Behavior Size at Maturity of Kodiak Area Female Douglas Pengilly, S. Forrest Blau, and James E. Blackburn ...... 213

Mating Pairs of Red King Crabs (Paralithodes camtschaticus) in the Kodiak Archipelago, Alaska, 1960-1984 Guy C. Powell, Douglas Pengilly, and S. Forrest Blau ...... 225

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Acoustical Behavior in King Crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) Larissa K. Tolstoganova ...... 247

Preliminary Notes on the Reproductive Condition of Mature Female Snow Crabs () from Disko Bay and Sisimiut, West AnnDorte Burmeister ...... 255

The Sperm Plug Is a Reliable Indicator of Mating Success in Female Dungeness Crabs (Cancer magister) Shauna J. Oh and David G. Hankin ...... 269

Observations on Rearing Red King Crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) Zoeae and Glaucothoe in a Recycling Water System Nikolina Kovatcheva ...... 273

Reproductive Biology of Lithodes santolla in the San Jorge Gulf, Argentina Julio H. Vinuesa and Pamela Balzi ...... 283

Fecundity of Red King Crabs (Paralithodes camtschaticus) off Kodiak Island, Alaska, and an Initial Look at Observer Agreement of Clutch Fullness B. Alan Johnson, S. Forrest Blau, and Raymond E. Baglin ...... 305

Reproductive Cycle of the Helmet Crab (Telmessus cheiragonus) Jiro Nagao and Hiroyuki Munehara ...... 323

Spatiotemporal Trends in Tanner Crab () Size at Maturity Robert S. Otto and Douglas Pengilly ...... 339

Recruitment and Population Dynamics A New Method to Estimate Duration of Molt Stages in David Hankin ...... 351

Assessment and Management of Crab Stocks under Uncertainty of Massive Die-offs and Rapid Changes in Survey Catchability Jie Zheng and Gordon H. Kruse ...... 367

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Trends in Prevalence of Bitter Crab Disease Caused by sp. in Snow Crab (Chionoecetes opilio) throughout the Newfoundland and Labrador Continental Shelf Earl G. Dawe ...... 385

Bitter Crab Syndrome in Tanner Crab (Chionoecetes bairdi ) Alitak Bay, Kodiak, Alaska 1991-2000 Daniel Urban and Susan C. Byersdorfer ...... 401

Reproductive Capacity Morphometrically Assessed in Cancer from the Shetland Islands Shelly M.L. Tallack ...... 405

Studies on Red King Crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) Introduced to the Knut E. Jørstad, Eva Farestveit, Hari Rudra, Ann-Lisbeth Agnalt, and Steinar Olsen ...... 425

Fisheries and Stock Assessment A New Fishery for Grooved Tanner Crab (Chionoecetes tanneri) off the Coast of British Columbia, G.D. Workman, A.C. Phillips, F.E. Scurrah, and J.A. Boutillier ...... 439

Restratification of Red King Crab Stock Assessment Areas in Southeast Alaska John E. Clark, Sandy Hinkley, and Timothy Koeneman ...... 457

Retrospective Length-Based Analysis of Bristol Bay Red King Crabs: Model Evaluation and Management Implications Jie Zheng and Gordon H. Kruse ...... 475

Population Assessment Using a Length-Based Population Analysis for the Japanese Hair Crab (Erimacrus isenbeckii) Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Yuji Ueda, Yasuji Kanno, and Takashi Matsuishi ...... 495

Population Structure of Blue King Crab () in the Northwestern Bering Sea M.V. Pereladov and D.M. Miljutin ...... 511

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Methodological Problems Associated with Assessing Crab Resources Based on Trap Catch Data Sergey A. Nizyaev and Sergey D. Bukin ...... 521

Inquiry for Application of Data Collected by Observers Deployed in the Eastern Bering Sea Mary Schwenzfeier, Holly Moore, Ryan Burt, and Rachel Alinsunurin ...... 537

Environmental, Ecological, and Habitat Relationships Survival of Tanner Crabs Tagged with Floy Tags in the Laboratory Bradley G. Stevens ...... 551

European Green Crab () Dispersal: The Pacific Experience G.S. Jamieson, M.G.G. Foreman, and J.Y. Cherniawsky, and C.D. Levings ...... 561

Distribution and Demography of Snow Crab (Chionoecetes opilio) Males on the Newfoundland and Labrador Shelf Earl G. Dawe and Eugene B. Colbourne ...... 577

Observations of Movement and Habitat Utilization by Golden King Crabs (Lithodes aequispinus) in Frederick Sound, Alaska Zachary N. Hoyt, Thomas C. Shirley, Jonathan J. Warrenchuk, Charles E. O’Clair, and Robert P. Stone ...... 595

Habitat Use by Juvenile Dungeness Crabs in Coastal Nursery Estuaries Christopher N. Rooper, David A. Armstrong, and Donald R. Gunderson ...... 609

Habitat Preferences of Juvenile Tanner and Red King Crabs: Substrate and Crude Oil Adam Moles and Robert P. Stone ...... 631

Relative Trophic Position of Cancer magister Megalopae Thomas C. Kline Jr...... 645

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Syntheses of Fishery Histories, Management Strategies, and Economics Red King Crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) in the Eastern Okhotsk Sea: Problems of Stock Management and Research Boris G. Ivanov ...... 651

The Norwegian Red King Crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) Fishery: Management and Bycatch Issues Jan H. Sundet and Ann Merete Hjelset ...... 681

Alaska’s Mandatory Shellfish Observer Program, 1988-2000 Larry Boyle and Mary Schwenzfeier ...... 693

Development and Management of Crab Fisheries in Shetland, Scotland Ian R. Napier ...... 705

Mortality of Chionoecetes Crabs Incidentally Caught in Alaska’s Weathervane Scallop Fishery Gregg E. Rosenkranz ...... 717

Occurrence of Northern Stone Crab () at Southeast Greenland Astrid K. Woll and AnnDorte Burmeister ...... 733

Review of the Family Lithodidae (Crustacea: : Paguroidea): Distribution, Biology, and Fisheries S.D. Zaklan ...... 751

Participants ...... 847

Index ...... 855

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