Morphological, Electrophoretic and Fecundity Characteristics of Atlantic Snow Crab, Chionoecetes opilio, and Implications for Fisheries Management

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Main Authors: Davidson, K., Roff, J. C., Elner, R. W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1985
• Subjects: Breton Island; Chionoecetes opilio; Newfoundland; Snow crab
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f85-064; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f85-064

For adult snow crabs (Chionoecetes opilio), from the western Gulf of St. Lawrence, eastern and western Cape Breton Island, and eastern Newfoundland, we compared morphometric, meristic, electrophoretic, and fecundity characteristics. Our morphometric, meristic, and fecundity data indicated that snow...