Aleutian king crab harvesters prepare for fishery's largest ever stock survey (Fish Radio)
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Fish Radio with Laine Welch] October 17, 2014
Alaska’s golden king crab fleet plans to undertake the biggest survey ever on the entire range of the Aleutian Islands golden crab stock. It covers an 800 mile span from Dutch Harbor to Atka.
"It’s a huge area."
John Hilsinger is science advisor for the Aleutian King Crab Research Foundation, a harvester group.
Through 2006 state managers tracked a small area of the Aleutians but there’s no budget now to assess the far flung crab stocks. This will be the first time such an extensive survey has been undertaken...
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