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The blue crab industry is the state's largest commercial fishery. Henderson discusses the work being conducted by Joanne Harcke, which seeks to develop procedures for growing blue crabs in hatcheries to help replenish wild stocks. Harcke is conservation and research coordinator for the North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island.
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7736
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The blue crab is North Carolina's most valuable commercial fishery. The state was the top blue crab producing one between 1994 and 1999. In 2002, the state still accounted for 21 percent of the country's total harvest. A Blue Crab Research Program by North Carolina Sea Grant specialist Sara Mirabilio provides insight into crab harvests, management, and research. Green explains the project and takes the reader on a crabbing trip in the Currituck Sound.
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15600
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Blue crabs are North Carolina's most important fishery based on pounds landed, revenue generated, and jobs provided. Allegood discusses factors influencing the crab industry, such as storms that harm the habitat and a decline in dealers and processing plants; how the crabs are processed; and where they are shipped.
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