Annual Commercial Soft Blue Crab Landings

Chesapeake Bay Region

YearPounds
1929 2,644,548
1930 5,313,016
1931 3,910,610
1932 4,578,023
1933 3,449,029
1934 2,288,800
1935 2,556,600
1936 2,268,900
1937 2,514,100
1938 2,898,400
1939 3,233,700
1940 1,790,700
1941 836,300
1942 1,645,300
1944 1,112,200
1945 1,700,500
1946 2,573,900
YearPounds
19473,010,200.00
19481,862,400.00
19492,331,100.00
19502,898,100.00
19512,021,600.00
19521,587,600.00
19531,905,900.00
19541,108,800.00
19551,201,000.00
19561,828,900.00
19573,469,200.00
19583,265,300.00
19591,973,000.00
19602,787,900.00
19612,692,000.00
19623,892,000.00
19632,108,100.00
YearPounds
1964 3,497,900
1965 2,694,100
1966 1,884,100
1967 2,186,300
1968 1,001,600
1969 2,250,700
1970 1,579,800
1971 1,530,100
1972 1,574,800
1973 1,513,500
1974 1,821,600
1975 1,653,900
1976 1,473,700
1977 1,163,600
1978 868,900
1979 947,300
1980 1,078,667
YearPounds
1981 2,154,227
1982 2,403,811
1983 3,800,985
1984 1,968,886
1985 2,776,579
1986 1,478,450
1987 1,789,454
1988 1,106,924
1989 1,224,009
1990 1,415,996
1991 1,740,024
1992 1,203,135
1993 1,823,039
1994 1,675,684
1995 1,633,707
1996 1,743,632
1997 1,495,734
YearPounds
1998 1,231,689
1999 1,484,114
2000 1,363,638
2001 1,594,218
2002 1,175,717
2003 1,536,227
2004 1,467,536
2005 1,158,053
2006 1,035,686
2007 1,017,144
2008 1,798,590
2009 1,671,170
2010 1,612,714
2011 1,438,631
2012 1,638,613
2013 1,179,116
2014 1,514,843

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