2010-11-082010-11-081963Accession # 10828http://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/273556 pages; available for download at the link below.For the year, 914 specimens were taken including 155 blue crabs, 630 Gulf blue crabs and 129 associated crabs. The blue crab was not abundant in the Gulf samples and, when found, was in shallow water. It had spawning peaks in March and August. The Gulf blue crab was more numerous and it was found in deeper water. Associated crabs in the area were not abundant. Of these crabs, Portunus gibbesii and Pagurus floridanus were the most numerous.en-USGulf blue crabblue crabGulf of Mexicocrab populationstock assessmentTechnical Report