With Red King Populations Rebounding in Kamchatka, Pressure Grows to Increase Nearshore Harvest
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Seafood News] by Eugene Gerden -- January 22, 2018
Population of Kamchatka crab in the Barents Sea has reached an historical record in 2017, which may result in an increase of its total allowable catch by the Russian government this year and the abolishment of the existing ban on coastal crab production in Russia. Local crab producers have lobbied for the abolishment of the ban for quite some time.
In addition to Kamchatka crab, the opilio population also has grown, according to scientists of Russian Rybolovstvo. Due to this, the total ...
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