Reproductive Biology of the Blue Swimming Crab, Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Coastal Waters of Trang Province, Southern Thailand

The blue swimming crab (Portunus pelagicus) is an important commercial species in Trang province, Southern Thailand. This study investigated the reproductive biology that supports the largest regional small-scale fishery of this species. A total of 217 male and 214 female crabs wrer randomly sampled from the catches of small-scale fishers, on a month basis from October 2010 to Septem 2011. ...