NSEDC Not Purchasing Crab in 2022 Winter Fishery In Effort to Preserve Red King Crab Stock
Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation (NSEDC) announced last week that they will not be purchasing red king crab from the 2022 winter fishery in an effort to preserve the stock on the Norton Sound.
“The results from the 2021 Norton Sound Alaska Department of Fish and Game trawl survey show an increasing number of crab growing to legal size (measuring 4 ¾” or greater across the carapace) for commercial harvest, which is encouraging,” a press release from NSEDC reads...
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