Crabbers haul in Bristol Bay's 9 million pound red king quota in four weeks (Fish Radio)
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Fish Radio with Laine Welch] November 18, 2014
This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch – It’s a wrap for red king crab, and Bering Sea Tanners take off. More after this
It took crabbers just four weeks to haul up the 9 million pound quota of red king crab in the Bristol Bay fishery. Fish managers posted the catch at 100% as of yesterday. The fishery was for the most part uneventful and the fleet was able to dodge some gnarly weather. The biggest crab concern came from an unexpected source –
"We did have a scare with a lot of barnacles in the beginning of the season and a lot of sorting through the crab at sea. But the fishermen moved off those right away and then that scare went away."
Heather Fitch is area manager at Fish and Game in Dutch Harbor. Pots averaged 28 crab which Fitch called ‘pretty decent’ for the fishery. She called the numbers of heavily barnacled red king crab unusual...
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