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Kodiak 2024 Tanner crab catch cut by nearly half
Kodiak and the Westward Region Tanner crab fishery opens on January 15.
Reining in AK bycatch gains momentum: A progress report
Focus now is on bycatch of salmon, crab and halibut; herring and other species also will soon be reviewed.
Green light expected for 2024 Kodiak Tanner crab fishery; Dungeness holding steady
Tanner stock looks like it will sustain a fishery into 2025; another large recruitment also appears on the radar!
Crabbers have a plan to rebuild Bering Sea stocks
Over-emphasis on climate change distracts from near-term actions to save the crab and the fleet, ABSC says.
Seattle boats will feel the biggest pinch of reduced crab catches
Most of the Bering Sea crab goes into the holds of WA boats. And as stocks plummet, NPFMC increases crab bycatch for Seattle-based trawlers.
Snow crab stock “lowest ever seen;” king crab “marginally” better – but crab bycatch increased
“Any restrictions on human activity are considered effectively useless.'” NPFMC in 2022 on snow crab rebuilding plan, which excludes bycatch.
NPFMC proposes much higher Bering Sea crab bycatch for 2024/25!
Also proposes nearly 8 million pounds of halibut and herring as bycatch for each of the next two years.
Trawlers will propose “gear revisions” at NPFMC workshop on Oct. 2
Trawl stakeholders will be proposing improvements to existing performance standards with the focus on crab bycatch.
Kodiak crabbers again request Tanner bycatch protections; NPFMC opts for ‘more studies’
Crabbers have asked for Kodiak Tanner protections for 2 decades; NPFMC will revisit discussions in December.