Bristol Bay King Crab Fishery Set To Open With A Record-Low Quota
October 17, 2018 | 1 min to read
Bering Sea commercial crabbing starts this week, with the smallest quota for Bristol Bay red king crab in more than 30 years at 4.3 million pounds, a 35 percent decrease from last year's 6.6 million pounds.
The last time there was such a low number was in 1985, at 4.1 million pounds, according to Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologist Ethan Nichols in Unalaska.
Nichols expects fewer boats fishing this year, with fishermen combining quotas onto one boat that otherwise would have been fished by two vessels.
To read the rest of the story, please go to: Anchorage Daily News