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The Blue Crab Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico 2015 The Blue Crab Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico A Regional Management Plan 2015 Revision June 2015 Pub No. 243 Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission Commissioners and Proxies ALABAMA N. Gunter Guy Jr., Commissioner Senator R.L. “Bret” Allain, II Alabama Department of Conservation State of Louisiana and Natural Resources District 21 64 North Union Street 600 Main Street, Suite 1 Montgomery, AL 36130-1901 Franklin, LA 70538 Proxy: Chris Blankenship, Director Campo “Camp” Matens ADCNR, Marine Resources Division 4554 Emory Avenue P.O. Drawer 458 Baton Rouge, LA 70808 Gulf Shores, AL 36547 MISSISSIPPI Representative Steve McMillan Jamie Miller, Executive Director P.O. Box 337 Mississippi Department of Marine Resources Bay Minette, AL 36507 1141 Bayview Avenue Biloxi, MS 39530 Chris Nelson Proxy: Bon Secour Fisheries, Inc. Kelly Lucas, Chief Scientific Officer P.O. Box 60 Mississippi Department of Marine Resources Bon Secour, AL 36511 1141 Bayview Avenue Biloxi, MS 39530 FLORIDA Nick Wiley, Executive Director Senator Brice Wiggins Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission 1501 Roswell St 620 South Meridian Street Pascagoula, MS 39581 Tallahassee, FL 32399-1600 Proxy: Joe Gill, Jr. Dan Ellinor Joe Gill Consulting, LLC FWC Division of Marine Fisheries P.O. Box 535 620 South Meridian Street Ocean Springs, MS 39566-0535 Tallahassee, FL 32399-1600 TEXAS Senator Thad Altman Carter Smith, Executive Director State Senator, District 24 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department 6767 North Wickham Road, Suite 211 4200 Smith School Road Melbourne, FL 32940 Austin, TX 78744 Proxy Michael Hansen Lance Robinson, Deputy Division Director 393 Cooperwood Road Coastal Fisheries Division Crawfordville, FL 32327 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department 4200 Smith School Road LOUISIANA Austin, TX 78744 Robert Barham, Secretary Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Troy Bello Williamson, II P.O. Box 98000 P.O. 967 Baton Rouge, LA 70898-9000 Corpus Christi, TX 78403 Proxy: Randy Pausina, Assistant Secretary for Fisheries Texas Legislative Representative - Vacant Louisiana Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries P.O. Box 98000 Baton Rouge, LA 70898-9000 THE BLUE CRAB FISHERY OF THE GULF OF MEXICO, UNITED STATES: A REGIONAL MANAGEMENT PLAN 2015 Revision by Blue Crab Technical Task Force edited by Harriet M. Perry and Steven J. VanderKooy published by GULF STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION 2404 Government St. Ocean Springs, MS 39564 June 2015 Pub. No 243 A publication of the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission pursuant to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Award Number NA10NMF4070006. This publication is funded by a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of NOAA or any of its sub-agencies. GULF STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION Interjurisdictional Fisheries Management Program Blue Crab Technical Task Force Jeffrey Marx David Capo Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Capo Crab Ranch 2415 Darnall Road 3775 Northeast 351 Hwy New Iberia, LA 70560 Cross City, FL 32628 Harriet M. Perry Darcie Graham University of Southern Mississippi USM/CMS Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Center for Marine Science 703 East Beach Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Ocean Springs, MS 39564 P.O. Box 7000 Ocean Springs, MS 39566-7000 Gilmore Pellegrin, Jr. National Marine Fisheries Service Glen Sutton P.O. Box 1207 Texas Parks & Wildlife Department Pascagoula, MS 39568-1207 Dickinson Marine Lab 1502 FM 517 East Rob Beaton Dickinson, TX 77539 Division of Law Enforcement 620 South Meridian Street Ryan Gandy Tallahassee, FL 32399 FWRI Crustacean Fisheries 100 8th Avenue Southeast Alex Miller St. Petersburg, FL 33701 Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission 2404 Government St. Jason Herrmann Ocean Springs, MS 39564 Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Jeff Rester Marine Resource Division Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission P.O. Box 189 2404 Government St. Dauphin Island, AL 36528 Ocean Springs, MS 39564 Traci Floyd Steve Jacob Mississippi Department of Marine Resources York College of Pennsylvania 1141 Bayview Avenue, Suite 101 159 Humanities Building Biloxi, MS 39530 York, PA 17405 Staff David M. Donaldson Executive Director Steve VanderKooy Debbie McIntyre Program Coordinator Staff Assistant ii Contributors Jeff Marx, LDWF, New Iberia, LA Glen Sutton, TPWD, Dickinson, TX Ryan Gandy, FWRI, St. Petersburg, FL Jason Herrmann, ADCNR/MRD, Dauphin Island, AL Alex Miller, GSMFC, Ocean Springs, MS David Capo, Capo Crab Ranch, Cross City, FL Traci Floyd, MDMR, Biloxi, MS Rob Beaton, FWC, Tallahassee, FL Harriet Perry, GCRL/USM, Ocean Springs, MS Darcie Graham, GCRL/USM, Ocean Springs, MS Jeff Rester, GSMFC, Ocean Springs, MS Rob Beaton, FWC, Carrabelle, FL Steve Jacob, York College, York, PA Wade Cooper, FWRI/FWC, St. Petersburg, FL Robert Leaf, GCRL/USM, Ocean Springs, MS Ralf Riedel, GCRL/USM, Ocean Springs, MS Joe West, LDWF, Baton Rouge, LA Richard Darden, USCOE, Charleston, SC Eric Schott, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD Guillermo Sanchez-Rubio, GCRL/USM, Ocean Springs, MS Craig Newton, ADCNR/MRD, Dauphin Island, AL iii Acknowledgments The Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission (GSMFC) would like to thank the Blue Crab Technical Task Force (TTF) for their many hours of work and dedication in developing this blue crab fishery management plan (FMP). The GSMFC also thanks the Stock Assessment Team, Law Enforcement Committee, and Technical Coordinating Committee’s (TCC) Habitat Subcommittee for their review, critique, and guidance in the development of the stock assessment and habitat sections. We especially appreciate the help of Dr. Wade Cooper (FWRI/FWC), Dr. Robert Leaf (GCRL/USM), Dr. Ralf Riedel (GCRL/USM), and Mr. Joe West (LDWF), who conducted the GDAR01 stock assessment for blue crabs in the Gulf of Mexico. Additional contributions throughout the GDAR01 and FMP revision were provided by Dr. Richard Darden (USACE), Dr. Behzad Mahmoudi (FWRI/FWC), Dr. Guillermo Sanchez-Rubio (GCRL/USM), Mr. Tom Wagner (TPWD), Mr. Phil Steele (NOAA Southeast Regional Office), and Mr. Lloyd Kirk (GSMFC). Drs. Sean Powers (USA/DISL), Rom Lipcius (VIMS), Tom Miller (UMCES), and Genevieve Nesslage (ASMFC) served as Reviewer and the Review Chair of the GDAR01 and were critical in the GDAR process; their time and willingness to participate cannot be overlooked. Finally we gratefully acknowledge the assistance in collection and assimilation of data provided by Dr. Alan Lowther, Mrs. Bichnga (Jay) Boulet, and Ms. Melissa Yencho (NMFS), Dr. Bob McMichael (FWC), Mr. Craig Newton (ADCNR/MRD), Mr. Mike Harden (LDWF), and Dr. Mark Fisher (TPWD). The Blue Crab TTF would not be able to revise and update the material in the management plan without the support of the various academic libraries and library staff across the five Gulf states and the libraries of our federal partners. We would especially like to thank Ms. Joyce Shaw, Ms. Cathy Schloss, and Ms. Maryanne Anthony at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory’s Gunter Library. Finally, the TTF would like to express their appreciation to Ms. Debbie McIntyre for her support of the TTF and editorial reviews of the draft management plan and Ms. Lucia Hourihan for her extensive final review of the completed document. iv Preface The Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission (GSMFC) was established by the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Compact under Public Law 81-66 approved May 19, 1949. Its charge was to promote better management and utilization of marine resources in the Gulf of Mexico. The GSMFC is composed of three members from each of the five Gulf States. The head of the marine resource agency of each state is an ex officio member. The second is a member of the legislature. The third is a governor-appointed citizen with knowledge of or interest in marine fisheries. The offices of the chairman and vice chairman are rotated annually from state to state. The GSMFC is empowered to recommend to the governor and legislature of the respective states action on programs helpful to the management of marine fisheries. The states, however, do not relinquish any of their rights or responsibilities to regulate their own fisheries as a result of being members of the Commission. One of the most important functions of the GSMFC is to serve as a forum for the discussion of various problems and needs of marine management authorities, the commercial and recreational industries, researchers, and others. The GSMFC also plays a key role in the implementation of the Interjurisdictional Fisheries (IJF) Act. Paramount to this role are the GSMFC’s activities to develop and maintain regional fishery management plans for important Gulf species. This revision of the regional blue crab fishery management plan is a cooperative planning effort of the five Gulf States under the IJF Act. Members of the task force contributed by drafting individually-assigned sections. In addition, each member contributed their expertise to discussions that resulted in revisions and led to the final draft of the plan. The GSMFC made all necessary arrangements for task force workshops. Under contract with the NMFS, the GSMFC funded travel for state agency representatives and consultants other than federal employees. v Abbreviations and Symbols ADCNR Alabama Department of Conservation Natural Resources ATC air-tight containers BRD bycatch reduction device ̊C degrees Celsius CPUE Catch-per-unit-effort CW Carapace Width DO dissolved oxygen DWH Deepwater Horizon
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