Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologist Doug Pengilly interprets crab catch numbers
Last week the Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced catch limits for the state’s crab fisheries. On Monday, a Fish and Game biologist explained how the agency determined those catch limits to a group of crabbers in Seattle. Nine local crabbers gathered at Unalaska’s City Hall to tune into the conference call and ask questions. The biggest drop in total allowable catch – or the TAC – is for Bering Sea snow crab, also knowns as opilio. The total allowable catch this season for snow crab is just over 40 million pounds. That’s a forty percent drop from last season. Read the rest here 12:37
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