(DRAFT) - Taxonomy
                               Species crab, red rock
                                 Species Id M070017
                                   Date 26 AUG 96



TAXONOMY

NAME -                 crab, red rock

OTHER COMMON NAMES -   rock crab and red crab

ELEMENT CODE -         

CATEGORY -             Aquatic Crustaceans

PHYLUM AND SUBPHYLUM - Arthropod, 

CLASS AND SUBCLASS  -  Crustacea,  

ORDER AND SUBORDER  -  Decapoda,  Brachyura

FAMILY AND SUBFAMILY - Cancridae, 

GENUS AND SUBGENUS  -  Cancer,  

SPECIES AND SSP -      productus,  

SCIENTIFIC NAME -      Cancer productus 

AUTHORITY -            Randall

TAXONOMY REFERENCES -  261 and 231 


























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                                  (DRAFT) - Status
                               Species crab, red rock
                                 Species Id M070017
                                   Date 26 AUG 96



STATUS

Coded Status
Sport Fish                                            
Commercial/consumption                                


REFERENCES FOR STATUS - 261

COMMENTS ON STATUS -
Rock crabs had been fished previously at a low level of effort since at
least 1930.  Commercial fishery landings statistics of CDFG showed that
annual landings in the mid-1980's approached 2 million lb with an ex-vessel
value exceeding $1.6 million.  Declines in the stocks of other commercially
important nearshore species have stimulated interest in further use of rock
crab species; continued growth of the fishery is expected.  The species also
supports small recreational fishery.*261*
Rock crabs occupy a variety of coastal habitats and are an ecologically
important component of the nearshore environment.  As juveniles, they are
important prey of numerous invertebrates and many commercially and
recreationally important fishes.  Adult rock crabs are a major food of the
threatened southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris) along the central California
coast.*261*





























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                               (DRAFT) - Distribution
                               Species crab, red rock
                                 Species Id M070017
                                   Date 26 AUG 96



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                            Habitat Associations - 1
                                (DRAFT) - Food Habits
                               Species crab, red rock
                                 Species Id M070017
                                   Date 26 AUG 96



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                         (DRAFT) - Environment Associations
                               Species crab, red rock
                                 Species Id M070017
                                   Date 26 AUG 96



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                            Environment Associations - 1
                               (DRAFT) - Life History
                               Species crab, red rock
                                 Species Id M070017
                                   Date 26 AUG 96



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                           (DRAFT) - Management Practices
                               Species crab, red rock
                                 Species Id M070017
                                   Date 26 AUG 96



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                                   (DRAFT) - References
                                  Species crab, red rock
                                    Species Id M070017
                                      Date 26 AUG 96



     
References

     261 * Carrol, Jay C. 1989. Species Profiles: Life Histories and
     Environmental Requirements of Coastal Fishes and Invertebrates
     (Pacific Southwest)--Brown Rock Crab, Red Rock Crab and Yellow
     Crab. Species Profile Series 82(11.117) (ed.). U.S. Army Corps
     of Engineers Report Washington D.C:16.













































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