Alaskan Snow Crab Harvest Quota Raised 64%
Bering Sea crabbers received good news and bad news last week when catch quotas were announced for fisheries that open next week. The good news: Bering Sea crabbers also were shocked at the catch increase for Alaska's largest crab fishery: snow crab. The harvest for the 2011-12 season was boosted by 64 percent to nearly 90 million pounds. …