Kodiak May See a Small Tanner Crab Fishery This Year
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Fish Factor] Laine Welch - October 16, 2017
Kodiak crab come back? For the first time since 2013 Kodiak crabbers might be able to drop pots for Tanners in mid-January.
“I’d say it’s the best chance we’ve had in the last five years,” said Nat Nichols, area shellfish/groundfish manager at the Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game in Kodiak.
Crab stocks must reach strict number thresholds before a fishery is allowed to open. Preliminary data from the summer survey indicate two Kodiak districts might have enough legal sized males – the only crabs that can be retained - to allow for a fishery.
“We will be looking very closely at the southwest...
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