Assessment of Stock and Movement Pattern for Sustainable Management of Blue Swimming Crab Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758): Case Study in Kung Krabaen Bay, Chantaburi Province, Thailand

Assessment of stock and movement pattern in blue swimming crab Portunus pelagicus Linnaeus, 1758 at Kung Krabaen Bay was conducted from October 2008 to September 2009. This study was divided into 4 parts; 1) assessment whether the blue swimming crab population in crisis 2) populations both inside and outside the bay are the same group 3) assessment of the present blue swimming crab management in Kung Krabaen Bay and finally 4) the sustainable management of blue swimming crab was proposed based on scientific findings. ...