Annual Commercial Hard Blue Crab Landings

Chesapeake Bay Region

YearPounds
1929 25,455,130
1930 31,625,767
1931 29,930,550
1932 28,361,408
1933 26,648,100
1934 13,620,900
1935 17,264,800
1936 13,294,200
1937 16,198,300
1938 20,699,100
1939 24,062,600
1940 15,031,400
1941 11,975,400
1942 14,048,400
1944 17,155,100
1945 18,470,000
1946 25,457,800
YearPounds
194725,568,300.00
194820,620,500.00
194922,132,200.00
195027,522,300.00
195127,176,400.00
195227,499,200.00
195326,367,900.00
195419,073,400.00
195515,231,500.00
195621,207,800.00
195728,369,000.00
195827,095,400.00
195921,187,100.00
196027,068,000.00
196126,658,300.00
196227,661,100.00
196316,933,900.00
YearPounds
1964 22,540,200
1965 31,998,000
1966 30,372,800
1967 24,587,900
1968 9,345,000
1969 23,013,900
1970 24,935,400
1971 26,075,000
1972 23,481,700
1973 19,538,600
1974 24,660,300
1975 24,264,000
1976 19,429,500
1977 20,159,300
1978 16,590,100
1979 24,834,700
1980 23,864,867
YearPounds
1981 56,804,195
1982 40,839,704
1983 47,583,968
1984 46,801,878
1985 52,750,600
1986 44,935,162
1987 40,858,260
1988 40,566,499
1989 41,128,300
1990 43,678,472
1991 45,750,632
1992 29,654,788
1993 54,997,934
1994 42,567,356
1995 39,539,599
1996 35,276,955
1997 38,664,142
YearPounds
1998 24,446,225
1999 30,085,917
2000 18,875,234
2001 21,073,910
2002 22,666,816
2003 23,725,084
2004 30,520,212
2005 28,990,844
2006 26,837,822
2007 23,727,947
2008 40,523,073
2009 37,385,749
2010 55,892,357
2011 47,161,158
2012 38,237,167
2013 23,290,731
2014 23,337,809

* Data represents Marylands commerical harvest by calendar year, data for year(s) omitted are not currently available.
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