1. Baxter, Aaron S. 2013. Diamondback Terrapin Paired Crab Trap Study in the Nueces Estuary, Texas. Publication CBBEP-87, Project Number-1329. Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program.
2. Baxter, Aaron S. 2014. Diamondback Terrapin Paired Crab Trap Study in the Mission-Aransas Estuary, Texas. Publication CBBEP-92, Project Number-1335. Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries
3.Bourgeois, M., Marx, J., Semon, K. Louisiana Blue Crab Fisheries Management Plan. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, 2014.
4. Derelict Trap Task Force. 2008. Guidelines for Developing Derelict Trap Removal Programs in the Gulf of Mexico. Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission. Ocean Springs, MS.
5. Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission.Blue Crab FAQ.
6. Graham, D., Perry, H., Floyd, T. 2012. Composition of Bycatch in Commercial Crab Traps in Mississippi Blue Crab Fishery.
7. Guillory, V. Perry, H. VanderKooy, S. 2001. The Blue Crab Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico, United States: A Regional Management Plan. Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission. Ocean Springs, MS.
8. Guillory, V. McMillen-Jackson, A. Hartman, L. Perry, H. Floyd, T. Wagner, T. Graham, G. 2001.Blue Crab Derelict Traps and Trap Removal Programs. Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission. Ocean Springs, MS.
9. Guillory, V. and P. Prejean. 2001. Red drum predation on blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus). Pages 93-104 in Guillory, H. Perry and S. VanderKooy (editors), Proceedings of the Blue Crab Mortality Symposium. Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission, Publication 90.
10. Laughlin, R.A. 1982. Feeding habits of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, in the Apalachicola estuary, Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science 32:807-822.
11. Millikin, M.R. and A.B. Williams. 1984. Synopsis of biological data on the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Report NMFS 1, 39 pp.
12. More, W.R., 1969. A contribution to the biology of the blue crab. (Callinectes sapidus Rathburn) in Texas, with a description of the fishery. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Technical Series 1, 31 pp.
13. Morris, A., 2003. Report on the 2002 Texas Abandoned Trap Removal Program. TPWD DMS No. 217.
14. MRAG Americas, Inc. 2008. Pre-assessment of the Louisiana Blue Crab Fishery.
15. NOAA Office of Protected Resources- List of Fisheries.
16. NOAA Office of Science and Technology- Commercial Fisheries Statistics.
17. Perkins and P. Steele. 1984. A profile of the blue crab fishery of the Gulf of Mexico. Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission, Publication Number 9, 80 pp.
18. Perry, H. and S. VanderKooy, 2015. The Blue Crab Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico, United States: A Regional Management Plan. Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission. Ocean Springs, MS. In publication.
19. Perry, H.M., G. Adkins, R. Condrey, P.C. Hammerschmidt, S. Heath, J.R. Herring, C. Moss, G. Perkins, and P. Steele. 1984. A profile of the blue crab fishery of the Gulf of Mexico. Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission, Publication Number 9, 80 pp.
20. Pugesek, B. H., M. J. Baldwin, and T. V. Stehn. 2008. A low intensity sampling method for assessing blue crab abundance at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge and preliminary results on the relationship of blue crab abundance to whooping crane winter mortality. Proceedings North American Crane Workshop 10:13-24.
21. Raborn, S., Benny Gallaway, B., Cole, J. 2014. Descriptive assessment of the most prevalent finfish species in the US Gulf of Mexico Penaeid shrimp fishery bycatch. Ecological Research Associates, Inc.
22. Riedel, R. H. Perry, L. Hartman, and S. Heath, Population trends of demersal species from inshore waters of Mississippi and Alabama. Final Report to the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium. 89 pp.
23. Sanchez-Rubio, G., H.M. Perry, P.M. Biesiot, D.R. Johnson and R.N. Lipcius. 2011. Climate-related hydrological regimes and their effects on abundance of juvenile blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) in the north central Gulf of Mexico. Fishery Bulletin 109:139-146.
24. Steele, P. and T. Bert. 1998. The Florida blue crab fishery.Journal of Shellfish Research 17(2):441-450.
25. Sutton, G. and T. Wagner. 2007. Stock assessment of blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) in Texas coastal waters. TPWD Management Data Series Number 249, 53p.
27. 2014-2015 Texas Commercial Fishing Guide.
28. VanderKooy, S. (ed). 2013. GDAR01 Gulf of Mexico Blue Crab Stock Assessment Report. Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission. Ocean Springs, MS. GSMFC Number 215.
29. West, J., Blanchet, H., Bourgeois, M., Powers, J. 2011. Assessment of Blue Crab Callinectes sapidus in Louisiana Waters 2011
30. Wilbur, D.H., 1994. The influence of the Apalachicola River flows on blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, in north Florida. Fishery Bulletin 92:180-188.
