CONCLUSION
From the study, the fecundity of P. pelagicus increases with the increasing of CW. Female P. pelagicus with bigger CW produced more eggs compare to female with smaller BW. The results showed that the fecundity estimates range from 105443.333±35448.075 eggs with brood size highly correlated to CW and BW. The present study also determined the crab maturity through ovarian histological assessment which is easy to observe the maturity. There are four color of gonad in every stages ranging from milky white in color for stage 1, yellowish during stage 2, orange in stage 3 and finally the ovary turned to dark orange when the ovary are well developed. The size of the oocytes in the ovaries increase with the increasing of maturity stage.