Black crappie are a very popular sport fish, as they are easy to catch during their feeding times. There are minimal number and size restriction limits for fishing the crappie species. Black crappies can be safely harvested under minimal, reasonable regulations, as long as there is no permanent damage to the fishery or environment. The black crappie is not listed as a species under threat on the IUCN Red List. Black crappies mature at 2–4 years. Growth during the first four years of their life is faster in the warm waters of the southern part of its range than in cooler waters
Creature Catalogue Creature Catalogue Creature Catalogue is a supplement for Basic "Dungeons & Dragons" first released in 1986, and updated in 1993. The "Creature Catalogue" is a supplement which describes over 200 monsters, most of which had been collected from "D&D" rules and modules, as well as 80 new monsters which had never been printed before; each monster is illustrated and indexed by habitat. In "Creature Catalogue" is collected all the creatures first presented in the official "D&D" adventure modules to that time, plus many new creatures and some converted from "AD&D". Also included is a comprehensive index of all "D&D" monsters