Tagged blue crabs

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Originally Posted by keakar

and I was always told ALL crabs will molt and change shell about every 3 weeks as long as it is still growing.

always glad to learn something new

gotta admit thou, I wouldn't tag and release a big female, they taste too good.

but I love the idea of helping with the research, just wish this could be done for small crabs, I release hundreds of those each year.

Small crabs would be tough because of the molting. There are ways of tagging them that will last through the molt, but they are a bit more difficult.

Also, if you catch one with a tag- we aren't asking you to release it. We just need you to call us with the tag info (or report it online). After that, you can pull the tag off and do whatever you want with the crab.