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Booming Season Ahead for Bering Sea Crab Fisheries

Total allowable catches set for Bering Sea tanner crab, red king crab and St. Matthew Island blue king crab for the season opening Oct. 15 are bound to keep harvesters real busy. The tanner crab quota for the Eastern Bering Sea is 8,480,000 pounds, with 7,632,000 pounds allocated to holders of individual fishing quota and 848,000 pounds for community development quota groups,, Read the rest here 19:06

Quota Holds Steady for Red King Crab, Down for Snow Crab

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is holding about steady on its quota for Bristol Bay red king crab for the season beginning Oct. 15, while the Bering Sea snow crab quota has dropped. The red king crab allowable harvest is set at 7.85 million pounds, up just slightly over last year’s quota of 7.834 million pounds. Read More http://fnonlinenews.blogspot.com/2012/10/quota-holds-steady-for-red-king-crab.html