Alaska Department of Fish and Game released detailed management plans this week for Southeast Alaska’s commercial red king crab fishery, which opens Nov. 1 with the region’s highest red crab populations in decades.
The fishery will operate across 10 separate areas with harvest limits ranging from 5,115 to 44,705 pounds, totaling 211,573 pounds regionwide. Legal male crab populations increased 55% from last year while mature males jumped 42%.
Two high-concentration areas near Juneau and at Gambier Bay will operate as 24-hour “derby” fisheries, opening at 10 a.m. Nov. 1 and closing exactly 24 ho...
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