Alaska's 2017 Bering Sea Opilio and Bairdi Fisheries May be in Jeopardy Due to Lower Stock Levels
SEAFOODNEWS.COM by John Sackton and Peggy Parker August 30, 2016
The summer survey results have not been good for either Bering Sea snow (opilio) or tanner (Bairdi) crab.
For 2015-16, snow crab landings from both the IFQ and CDQ fisheries were 40.61 million pounds, a 40% cut from 67.9 million lbs in 2014-15. For Bairdi the 2015-16 quota was 19.64 million ...
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