Summary of the Interagency Crab Research Meeting, held December 14-16, 2005

This report summarizes the twelfth annual Interagency Crab Research Meeting, held December 14-16 in Anchorage at the Hilton Anchorage Hotel. This meeting continued the tradition of providing an informal opportunity for researchers from each of the active crab research centers to present their work on Alaskan crab species among peers. The meeting opened with a special session devoted to ecosystem management of blue crab on the east coast of the United States.