Alaska adds nearly 30 million pounds of crab to markets this year
SEAFOODNEWS.COM by John Sackton Oct 14, 2014
The Bering Sea 2014-15 crab season opens tomorrow, and Alaskan crab quotas across all species are up by an additional 28.37 million pounds.
ADF&G returned a higher quota on every crab specie surveyed by NMFS this year.
King crab is up 16%, Snow crab is up 26%, and Bairdi or Tanner crab is up between 300% and 500%, and a fishery is again open on St. Matthews Blue king crab that was closed last year.
Thee quota increases are consistent with surveys, which showed a surge in crab biomass across all species.
The issue for the scientists was whether the higher biomass seem was due to movement of crab into the survey area, or whether it was a true picture...
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