NOAA Fisheries Scientists Present Dire Report on Bering Sea Crab; Season Not Yet Announced

Update: This morning ADF&G announced they will open a season on October 15 for Bristol Bay Red King Crab with a Total Allowable Catch (TAC) of 2.1 million pounds and for tanner (bairdi) crab with a TAC of 1.08 mlbs. The tanner crab TAC is split geographically at 166 degress West longitude. West of this point the TAC is 1.32mlbs; east of that point the TAC is 760,000 pounds. Snow crab remains closed, as is ...
Snow crab behind bairdi tanner crab. Photo courtesy NOAA's AFSC.
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