The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced Friday morning that the lucrative crab fishery will open Oct. 15.
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has reopened the Bristol Bay red king crab fishery, following a two-year closure.that the lucrative crab fishery will open Oct. 15, following analysis of survey data by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council.for the first time in more than 25 years due to low abundance. But this season, fishermen will have a total of more than 2.1 million pounds to catch — that includes both Individual Fishing Quota and Community Development Quota.
According to fisheries officials, summer trawl survey data shows higher numbers of mature females within the population. And while male and female crab are still at historic lows, the fishery is not at or approaching an “overfished” status. Fish and Game said that the total estimated amounts of both mature and reproductive females are above thresholds required to open the fishery.
Red kings are the largest commercially harvested crab and are mainly caught in Bristol Bay. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Bristol Bay stock is considered thefor a second year. Snow crab — or opilio crab — was declared “overfished” in 2021, and regulators closed the fishery the next year, not long after state surveys showed record highs for snow crab recruitment. The drastic drop came as a surprise to many in the industry.
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