Crab Harvest

Washington, Alaska Senators Ask for Federal Fishery Disaster Declaration Following Cancelled Crab Harvests

November 22, 2022 Mia Hunt, KING5

Senators from Washington and Alaska wrote a letter to Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo on Thursday requesting a federal fishery disaster declaration. …

Alaska Snow Crab Harvest Slashed By Nearly 90% After Population Crash In A Warming Bering Sea

October 12, 2021 Hal Bernton, Seattle Times

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game set the 2022 snow crab harvest at the lowest level in more than 40 years, a move to protect populations that appear to have crashed during a period of higher temperatures in the Bering Sea. …

Crab Harvests Set: Kings Still in Decline, Snow and Tanner See Bump

October 20, 2020 Elizabeth Earl, Alaska Journal of Commerce

This year has brought little good news for commercial fisheries, but the commercial crab fishermen in the Bering Sea are getting some in the form of some increased catch limits. …

Low Salinity Suspected for Poor Crab Harvest in Upper Chesapeake

August 20, 2019 Timothy B. Wheeler, Bay Journal

At the beginning of July, media across Maryland delivered good news for those planning a traditional feast of Chesapeake Bay blue crabs on Independence Day. …