Southeast Alaska Dungeness Crab Fishery Opens Today
The 2021/2022 commercial Dungeness crab fishery in Southeast Alaska opened this morning but fishermen won’t know this year’s catch limit or how long the season will last for another two weeks.
“The [Alaska Fish and Game] department will use catch and effort information from the first seven days of fishing to predict total harvest for the season, which will be compared to regulatory thresholds described in the Southeastern Alaska Area Dungeness Crab Management Plan to determine season length,” ADF&G management biologist said in an announcement released last week ...
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