![]() ![]() Recently scientists reevaluated the healthy range of spawning age female crabs through a stock assessment analysis and updated the target and threshold spawning age female abundance estimates. Scientists and managers use target and threshold abundance estimates to establish a healthy level of spawning age female population based on available historical information, DNR said in a release. ![]() “We are pleased to report that the cooperative management efforts of our Chesapeake Bay jurisdictions have continued to conserve female crabs within a healthy range.” “Protecting spawning age females is a critical component to maintaining a healthy and sustainable blue crab population,” Maryland Department of Natural Resources Secretary Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio said. This year’s survey estimate is above the long-term average of 126 million spawning age female crabs, DNR said in a release. The survey results showed that the number of spawning age mature female crabs increased from 141 million in 2020 to 158 million in 2021. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced the results of the 2021 Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey, a cooperative effort with the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, which annually estimates the number of blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay. The annual survey of blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay showed a mixed bag, with the population of mature female crabs up while juvenile crab numbers declined to the lowest level since the survey began in 1990. Watch Video: Conowingo: Last dam before Chesapeake Bay no longer acts as pollution gate ![]()
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