Few Options Left for Industry to Avoid Multi-Year Closure of (Bairdi) Tanner Crab in the Bering Sea
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] by Peggy Parker - September 28, 2016
Unless the Alaska Board of Fish agrees to schedule an emergency hearing on bairdi (tanner) crab in the next 11 days, the industry is looking at no season until 2019 at the earliest.
This summer's survey showed the female population of bairdi below a threshold for Alaska’s Department of Fish and Game to calculate a total allowable catch (TAC) for the upcoming season, which starts on ...
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