Tuesday, November 5, 2024

A big cutback for Kodiak crab

The state has set a catch quota of 560,000 pounds for the Kodiak District Tanner crab fishery set to open at noon Jan. 15.

That's a big reduction from the 3 million pounds allowed last season.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Not surprised. They should not have fished out the biomass. The concept of "catch them or they will just die" isn't working.

Anonymous said...

How do you fish out a biomass when you have a 20-pot limit, fishing hours from 8-6. And a preset GHL? And crab are like anything else. They don't live forever. Need some improvements on surveys for one thing.