| Crabs, Blue, Hard | ||
| YEAR | POUNDS (WHOLE WEIGHT) | VALUE ($) |
| 1972 | 13,479,254 |
$1,345,159 |
| 1973 | 11,963,252 |
$1,536,873 |
| 1974 | 13,163,411 |
$1,373,499 |
| 1975 | 11,072,059 |
$1,454,456 |
| 1976 | 11,731,946 |
$2,405,635 |
| 1977 | 12,220,812 |
$2,148,346 |
| 1978 | 23,558,546 |
$4,326,084 |
| 1979 | 26,623,723 |
$4,622,539 |
| 1980 | 34,322,937 |
$5,975,221 |
| 1981 | 37,927,573 |
$8,172,428 |
| 1982 | 38,206,327 |
$7,184,748 |
| 1983 | 34,689,455 |
$8,444,863 |
| 1984 | 32,490,769 |
$6,664,731 |
| 1985 | 29,329,547 |
$6,089,982 |
| 1986 | 23,159,779 |
$5,429,534 |
| 1987 | 31,760,413 |
$7,345,210 |
| 1988 | 35,136,232 |
$10,211,661 |
| 1989 | 33,935,992 |
$8,790,304 |
| 1990 | 36,985,206 |
$9,156,390 |
| 1991 | 41,074,063 |
$9,154,358 |
| 1992 | 40,507,415 |
$12,836,836 |
| 1993 | 42,867,109 |
$14,262,152 |
| 1994 | 52,260,168 |
$26,896,282 |
| 1995 | 45,033,543 |
$33,053,805 |
| 1996 | 65,682,500 |
$39,873,553 |
| 1997 | 54,353,545 |
$33,165,872 |
| 1998 | 60,402,332 |
$40,466,879 |
| 1999 | 56,093,351 |
$33,525,676 |
| 2000 | 38,890,013 |
$32,154,856 |
| 2001 | 29,939,314 |
$25,079,142 |
| 2002 | 36,462,070 |
$29,349,350 |
| 2003 | 41,644,612 |
$32,904,677 |
| 2004 | 32,592,768 |
$20,248,333 |
| 2005 | 23,571,451 |
$15,374,714 |
| 2006 | 24,408,932 |
$14,146,592 |
| 2007 | 20,562,159 |
$18,109,497 |
| 2008 | 32,312,449 |
$25,414,608 |
2009 |
28,815,230 |
$24,809,410 |
| NC Division of Marine Fisheries - 3441 Arendell Street - Morehead City, NC 28557 - 252-726-7021 or 800-682-2632 |