Dungeness Catch at Southeast 2nd Highest Ever
This is Alaska Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch – It’s a near record for Southeast’s Dungeness crab fishery.
Both the catch and number of boats on the grounds were down a bit for Southeast Alaska’s Dungeness fall crab fishery that wrapped up on November 30th.
“So far we’ve had 790,000 pounds so far caught in the fall season and we usually catch right around a million pounds.”
Adam Messmer is area shellfish manager with the Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game at Douglas. He says 104 crabbers dropped pots this fall compared to...
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