--Bruce Stallsmith
Huntsville, AL, US of A
>From: Moontanman_at_aol.com
>Reply-To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
>To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
>CC: Moontanman_at_aol.com
>Subject: NANFA-- blue crab growth
>Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 22:10:36 EST
>
>Does anyone know how long it takes blue crabs to attain marketable size?
>And
>has any studies been done on the difference in growth rates between blue
>crabs
>in salt water and blue crabs trapped in freshwater impoundment's? I've been
>looking for info on this but it doesn't seem to be a well researched topic.
>I
>do know that blue crabs trapped in freshwater grow much bigger than blue
>crabs
>in marine waters but I don't if the freshwater impounded blue crabs grow
>faster or slower than blue crabs in salt water.
>
>Moon
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