Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee (Blue Crab Workgroup) Publications

This report summarizes the 2026 Winter Dredge Survey and 2025 harvest data discussed at the May 13, 2026, Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee meeting.

View document [PDF, 979.8 KB] 2026 Blue Crab Advisory Report

This report describes the results of the 2026 Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Stock Assessment and is organized by the Terms of Reference that were developed by the management agencies and approved by the Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee.

View document [PDF, 7.8 MB] 2026 Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Stock Assessment

This report summarizes the 2025 Winter Dredge Survey and 2024 harvest data discussed at the May 15, 2025, Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee meeting.

View document [PDF, 1.0 MB] 2025 Blue Crab Advisory Report

This report summarizes the 2024 Winter Dredge Survey and 2023 harvest data discussed at the May 21, 2024, Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee meeting.

View document [PDF, 981.2 KB] 2024 Blue Crab Advisory Report

This study summarizes work to develop and evaluate operating models for the Chesapeake Bay blue crab fishery.

View document [PDF, 5.2 MB] A Population Simulation Model for Blue Crab Stock Assessment Performance Evaluation

This document summarizes a study that used the operating model approach to test the performance of blue crab benchmark assessments and management.

View document [PDF, 321.3 KB] Testing Blue Crab Management: Simulating the Present to Sustain the Future

This report summarizes the 2023 Winter Dredge Survey and 2022 harvest data discussed at the May 18, 2023, Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee meeting.

View document [PDF, 668.2 KB] 2023 Blue Crab Advisory Report

This report summarizes the proceedings of a workshop to discuss blue crab population drivers and stock assessment modeling to better understand recent population declines and prepare for the upcoming benchmark stock assessment.

View document [PDF, 511.3 KB] Blue Crab Population Drivers and Stock Assessment in Chesapeake Bay

This report summarizes the 2022 Winter Dredge Survey and 2021 harvest data discussed at the May 25, 2022, Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee meeting.

View document [PDF, 396.1 KB] 2022 Blue Crab Advisory Report

This report summarizes the 2021 Winter Dredge Survey and 2020 harvest data discussed at the May 18, 2021, Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee meeting.

View document [PDF, 801.2 KB] 2021 Blue Crab Advisory Report