SE Alaska's Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery to Start
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Seafood News] - June 2, 2017
The Southeastern Alaska 2017-18 Dungeness crab fishery will open at 8 a.m. on Thursday, June 15.
It follows a successful 2014-15 season, the most recent season for which data is available, that saw an average ex-vessel price of $2.95 a pound, for total value of $14.9 million. The total landings for the 2014-15 season were 5,063,854 pounds.
The Alaska Board of Fisheries met in January 2015 to discuss proposals for Southeast and Yakutat shellfish fisheries. Changes to the Dungeness commercial fishery ...
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