Evaluation of the Blue Crab Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 Bycatch in Artisanal Fisheries in Southern Brazil

ABSTRACT We evaluated the incidental catch of the blue crab in artisanal fisheries through the analysis of sex ratio, catch per unit effort, net positioning, and size in which the capture probability was 50% (P50). The specimens were collected from 2011 to 2013 in the estuary of Patos Lagoon, sout...

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Main Authors: Vinicius Mendes Ruas, Cintia Becker, Fernando D’Incao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2017-12-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132017000100448&lng=en&tlng=en