Increasing Population of Blue Swimming Crab (Portunus pelagicus Linnaeus, 1758) Through Stock Enhancement: A Case Study in Boonkong Bay, Sikao District, Trang Province, Thailand

Blue swimming crab (BSC) is an economically important species in Thailand. Due to the high market demand for BSC, this resource is rapidly declining. Stocking program is one of the strategies to help recover the decreasing population of this species. Seagrass bed is considered to be a suitable release site for the new stock...