For Second Year in a Row, No Tanner Crab Season in Kodiak, Chignik or South Peninsula Districts

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) announced on Tuesday that, for the second year in a row, there will be no tanner crab (also called bairdi) fishery in the Kodiak, Chignik or South Peninsula districts in 2027.
The last year crab fishermen landed product from those areas was 2025. Surveys showed 560,000 pounds available for harvest in Kodiak and 210,000 pounds open in the South Peninsula. The Chignik area was closed...
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