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Offshore crab shedding - 1948

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Title Offshore crab shedding - 1948
Names Tollefson, Roger (creator)
Marriage, Lowell D. (creator)
Oregon. Fish Commission (creator)
Date Issued 1948 (iso8601)
Note Much of this report is concerned with the perennial question of when crabs are in the soft-shell state, as opposed to when the commercial fishing season should be open. Other topics covered include molted crab shells, methods of measuring crab shells to determine if they meet size limits, early growth studies of Dungeness crabs, and egg sampling of female crabs. The report also includes a report on cockle crab growth studies.
Genre Technical Report
Topic Metacarcinus magister
Identifier no.15

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