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Focus on catching large male blue crabs in US may be backfiring, study suggests

'[F]ishing pressure on large males leaves smaller, younger, less virile males in the mating pool' -- summary of study by Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

By Undercurrent News | Jan. 9, 2020 15:21 GMT
Steamed Atlantic blue crabs piled on newspaper, ready for consumption on a Virginia porch. Photo by Jason Huffman.
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