Crab Plan Team Recommends Models to Science Advisory Panel at North Council
In the first of several steps to reach total allowable catches (TACs) for Bering Sea crab, the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council’s Crab Plan Team reported recommendations to the next set of scientific eyes to assess the shocking decline in crab in the Bering Sea.
The CPT is made up of more than a dozen scientists and was attended by, at times, more than 200 industry members. The stark numbers from the summer trawl survey tells the overall story.
"In the 2021 survey, snow crab legal male abundance ...
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