Alaska's crab fishermen prepare for longer crab season as stocks up across the board
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [KUCB] by Annie Ropeik - October 16, 2014
Wednesday marked the opening of the Bering Sea crab season. Quotas are up almost across the board. But one species that usually takes a backseat is outshining the rest -- and as KUCB’s Annie Ropeik reports, that’s got some fishermen changing their game plans.
Two years ago, there was no harvest for Bairdi tanner crab. Without enough legal females in the water, it wasn’t safe to fish.
When the season reopened last year, the quota was kept low. But now, Fish & Game biologist Heather Fitch says Bairdi seem to have bounced back...
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