The Blue Crab Education pages were developed by the Virginia Bay Team and the Virtual Marine Education Center with support from WHRO's Baylink Project and the Virginia Sea Grant Program at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary.

Laren Leonard graciously offered the content of her former website which was integrated with this site July 2003. We thank her for her important contribution.

This site is a result of research sponsored by NOAA Office of Sea Grant, U.S. Department of Commerce, under federal Grant No. NA 90AA-D-SG045 to the Virginia Graduate Marine Science Consortium and the Virginia Sea Grant College Program. The U.S. Government is authorized to produce and distribute reprints for governmental purposes not withstanding any copyright notation that may appear within. VIMS/Sea Grant makes no warranty, express or implied as to the accuracy, completeness, or utility of this information, nor does the fact of distribution constitute a warranty.