As part of a stock enhancement feasibility study, hatchery-raised blue
king crab juvenileswere cultured fromlarvae of ovigerous females collected off Saint MatthewIsland, Alaska. Juvenile
instars were then cultured in indoor nursery containers for 42 days at stocking densities of 500, 1000,
2000, 4000, and 6000 crabs m−2 starting at metamorphosis to the first instar stage (C1).