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The Blue Crab Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico, United States GULF STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION Commissioners and Proxies Alabama proxy: John Roussel Riley Boykin Smith Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries Alabama Department of Conservation & Natural P.O. Box 98000 Resources Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70898-9000 64 North Union Street Montgomery, Alabama 36130-1901 Warren Triche proxy: Vernon Minton Louisiana House of Representatives Marine Resources Division 100 Tauzin Lane P.O. Drawer 458 Thibodaux, Louisiana 70301 Gulf Shores, Alabama 36547 Frederic L. Miller Walter Penry P.O. Box 5098 Alabama House of Representatives Shreveport, Louisiana 71135-5098 12040 County Road 54 Daphne, Alabama 36526 Mississippi Glenn H. Carpenter Chris Nelson Mississippi Department of Marine Resources Bon Secour Fisheries, Inc. 1141 Bayview Avenue, Suite 101 P.O. Box 60 Biloxi, Mississippi 39530 Bon Secour, Alabama 36511 proxy: William S. “Corky” Perret Mississippi Department of Marine Resources Florida 1141 Bayview Avenue, Suite 101 Allan L. Egbert Biloxi, Mississippi 39530 Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission 620 Meridian Street Billy Hewes Tallahassee, Florida 323299-1600 Mississippi Senate proxies: Roy Crabtree, Director P.O. Box 2387 Division of Marine Resources Gulfport, Mississippi 39505 Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission 620 Meridian Street Walter J. Blessey Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1600 1012 Beach Boulevard Biloxi, Mississippi 39530 Virginia Vail Division of Marine Resources Texas Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission Andrew Sansom 620 Meridian Street Texas Parks & Wildlife Department Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1600 4200 Smith School Road Austin, Texas 78744 Jeff Kottkamp proxies: Hal Osburn or Mike Ray Florida House of Representatives Texas Parks & Wildlife Department 3501 Del Prado Boulevard, Suite 305 4200 Smith School Road Cape Coral, Florida 33904 Austin, Texas 78744 William W. Ward J.E. “Buster” Brown 2221 Corrine Street Texas Senate Tampa, Florida 33605 P.O. Box 12068 Austin, Texas 78711 Louisiana James H. Jenkins, Jr. L. Don Perkins Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries 1319 Winrock Boulevard P.O. Box 98000 Houston, Texas 77057 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70898-9000 THE BLUE CRAB FISHERY OF THE GULF OF MEXICO, UNITED STATES: A REGIONAL MANAGEMENT PLAN by Vincent Guillory Harriet Perry Phil Steele Tom Wagner Walter Keithly Butch Pellegrin John Petterson Traci Floyd Bruce Buckson Leslie Hartman Ed Holder Charles Moss edited by Vincent Guillory, Harriet Perry, and Steve VanderKooy published by GULF STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION P. O. Box 726 Ocean Springs, Mississippi 39566-0726 October 2001 Number 96 A publication of the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission pursuant to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Award N umber N A56FI0085. T his publication is funded by a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad ministration. 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 Vince Guillory Eddie McCulla Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries 3120 Southdown Mandalay P.O. Box 189 Houma, Louisiana 70360 Bourg, Louisiana 70343 proxy: Charles Moss Sea Grant Program (retired) Harriet M. Perry 603 That Way University of Southern Mississippi Lake Jackson, Texas 77506 Center for Marine Science Gulf Coast Research Laboratory John S. Petterson P.O. Box 7000 Impact Assessments, Inc. Ocean Springs, Mississippi 39566-7000 2166 Avenida de la Playa, Suite F La Jolla, California 92037 Tom Wagner Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Ed Holder 702 Navigation Circle Outdoor Editor for the Port Arthur News Rockport, Texas 78382 6800 Washington Groves, Texas 77619 Philip Steele and Anne McMillen-Jackson Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Gilmore Pellegrin, Jr. Commission National Marine Fisheries Service Florida Marine Research Institute P.O. Box 1207 100 Eighth Avenue, SE Pascagoula, Mississippi 39568-1207 St. Petersburg, Florida 33701-5095 Bruce Buckson Leslie Hartman Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Alabama Department of Conservation and Commission Natural Resources Law Enforcement Division Marine Resource Division 620 South Meridian Street P.O. Box 189 Tallahassee, Florida 32399 Dauphin Island, Alabama 36528 Walter Keithly Traci Floyd Coastal Fisheries Institute Mississippi Department of Marine Resources Louisiana State University 1141 Bayview Avenue, Suite 101 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803 Biloxi, Mississippi 39530 Staff Larry B. Simpson Executive Director Steve VanderKooy Cynthia B. Yocom Program Coordinator Staff Assistant ii 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. The Blue Crab TTF would like to express its appreciation to former TTF members Perry Joyner, Paul Prejean, and Stevens Heath for their contributions early in the revision process. Thanks also go to Dr. Richard Leard and James Duffy who served as IJF Coordinators for the GSMFC during the first year of the revision process. Other individuals who made contributions to this document include: Christine Trigg, Kirsten Larsen, Virginia Shervette, James “Tut” Warren, Dr. Cynthia Moncreiff, Dr. Robin Overstreet, and Dr. Don Johnson. Finally, the Blue Crab TTF and GSMFC extend their most heartfelt thanks to Mrs. Cynthia B. Yocom for her special talents, effort, and dedication to ensure the quality of this document. iii 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 contractwith the NMFS, the GSMFC funded travel for state agency representatives and consultants other than federal employees. iv Table of Contents Page Title Page ...................................................................................i Blue Crab Technical Task Force ................................................................ ii Acknowledgments ...........................................................................iii Preface ....................................................................................iv Table of Contents ............................................................................ v List of Abbreviations and Symbols .............................................................xiii List of Tables ..............................................................................xiv List of Figures ............................................................................ xvii 1.0 Summary .............................................................................1-1 2.0 Introduction ...........................................................................2-1 2.1 IJF Program and Management Process .......................................................2-1 2.2 Blue Crab Technical Task Force M embers ....................................................2-2 2.3 GSMFC Interjurisdictional Fisheries P rogram Staff .............................................2-2 2.4 Authorship and Support for Plan Development .................................................2-2 2.5 FMP Management Objectives ..............................................................2-3 3.0 Description of the Stock(s) Comprising the Management Unit ..................................3-1 3.1 Geographic Distribution ...................................................................3-1 3.2 Biological Description ....................................................................3-1
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