Data from: Spatial variability in size at maturity of golden king crab (Lithodes aequispinus) and implications for fisheries management

• Main Authors: Olson, Andrew P., Siddon, Chris E., Eckert, Ginny L., Eckert, G. L., Olson, A. P., Siddon, C. E.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Dryad 2018
• Subjects: size at maturity; Lithodes aequispinus; 2007-2014; spatial variability; golden king crab; 1998-2014; 1998-2015; 2008-2014; Fisheries Management; 1972-2014; 2013-2014; Southeast; Alaska; Lynn Canal; Icy Strait; Frederick Sound; North Stephens Passage; Mid-Chatham Strait; Lower Chatham Strait; Clarence Strait; Life sciences; medicine and health care; envir; hist; Pacific; Stephens Passage; Golden King Crab
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.jq344

Many crab fisheries around the world are managed by size, sex and season, where males are given at least one opportunity to reproduce before being harvested. Golden king crab (Lithodes aequispinus) supports a commercial fishery in Southeast Alaska and legal size is based on growth and maturity infor...