The average size of the crab caught was smaller than in seasons past.
Seventeen vessels went out for tanner across the fishery’s east and west districts, said Ethan Nichols, the assistant area management biologist with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in Unalaska.
“Vessels were targeting and retaining crabs that were smaller than the industry-preferred size of five inches, but still perfectly legal to retain,” Nichols said. “And that was somewhat to make up for the lack of snow crab coming out of the Bering Sea.” for the first time in its history. After a drastic drop in population, the stock has been declared “overfished.” The red king crab fishery was also canceled this season, for the second year in a row, due to a low and struggling population.
One vessel participated in the commercial fishery off Unalaska Island, catching about 49,000 pounds of crab, said Nichols.
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