Alaska Bering Sea Snow Crab TAC Slashed 50% to 21.5 Million Pounds; Lowest in 45 Years
SEAFOODNEWS.COM by John Sackton October 7, 2016
The Alaska Dept of Fish and Game announced that the Bering Sea Snow Crab Fishery would open, but with the lowest harvest TAC in 45 years. The last time the Opilio fishery in Alaska landed less than 21 million pounds was in 1971.
The fishery will open October 15th with a TAC of 21.570 million pounds. ADF&G likely struggled to open the fishery, as they said they saw continuing declines in survey biomass for both mature males and female snow crab...
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