Document Type

Article

Department/Program

Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Publication Date

1998

Journal

Journal Of Shellfish Research

Volume

17

Issue

2

First Page

375

Last Page

378

Abstract

The blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, supports a major fishery in the United States. In recent years, domestic crab meat processors have been besieged by imports into their traditional national marketplace. The direct substitutability of the meat from other Callinectes species or other portunid crabs for domestically produced product has contributed to this influx. "Blue" crabs occur worldwide. Within the genus Callinectes, there are 14 different species, with distributions on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean and along the Pacific coast of the Americas. Other species of portunid crabs that can be exploited for crab meat production occur throughout tropical regions of the western Pacific. Asian and Latin American countries contribute significantly to imported crab meat. During 1995, over 8.84 x 10(6) kg of swimming crab meat or crab products were imported into the United States, for a value of $74.6 million.

Keywords

Callinectes Sapidus; Blue Crab; Fisheries; Import Data

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