Southeast Tanner Crab Season Opens February 17; Biomass 9% Down from Last Year
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game will open the Southeast Alaska Tanner and Golden king crab fishery at noon on Wednesday, February 21, 2021. Catch limit and season length will be determined by how many pots will be registered prior to the season opening.
The biomass of tanner crab in Southeast Alaska, based on the October 2020 Tanner crab survey data and summer 2020 Tanner/red king crab survey data, is 4.95 million pounds, a 9% decrease from the mature male Tanner crab biomass estimate of ...
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