The Norton Sound summer red king crab fishery is set to open at noon Wednesday. Here's the official announcement.
The overall quota of 382,800 pounds is about 23 percent lower than last year's 495,600 pounds.
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Monday, June 23, 2014
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Can Antideficiency Act save crab fishery?
In a letter to Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, three Republican members of Congress argue Alaska's lucrative red king crab fishery can and should open on time Oct. 15, despite the partial government shutdown.
Sunday, October 6, 2013
Shutdown threatens to delay king crab fishery
In this floor speech, U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., explains how a continuing government shutdown could cost the Alaska fishing industry millions of dollars.
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Big season for big crab in Norton Sound
The 2012-13 Norton Sound winter king crab season ends at noon Wednesday, and boy has it been a good one.
"Congratulations to Norton Sound commercial fishermen on the best winter crab season in our area's history," the Alaska Department of Fish and Game said in a news release. "To date, the commercial catch this season of over 19,600 crabs is more than twice the previous record of 9,625 crabs caught during the first winter commercial season of 1977-78."
The price also has been record-setting at an average of $6.67 per pound.
At least 25 crabbers have made deliveries.
"Congratulations to Norton Sound commercial fishermen on the best winter crab season in our area's history," the Alaska Department of Fish and Game said in a news release. "To date, the commercial catch this season of over 19,600 crabs is more than twice the previous record of 9,625 crabs caught during the first winter commercial season of 1977-78."
The price also has been record-setting at an average of $6.67 per pound.
At least 25 crabbers have made deliveries.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Here come the crab quotas
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has begun announcing Bering Sea crab quotas for the upcoming season, and the early news isn't good.
The bairdi Tanner crab fishery will remain closed again this season due to weak stocks. Here's the announcement.
Likewise, the Pribilof District red and blue king crab fisheries will remain closed. Details here.
Presumably, the department soon will announce quotas for the state's two most valuable crab fisheries, Bristol Bay red king crab and Bering Sea snow crab.
The bairdi Tanner crab fishery will remain closed again this season due to weak stocks. Here's the announcement.
Likewise, the Pribilof District red and blue king crab fisheries will remain closed. Details here.
Presumably, the department soon will announce quotas for the state's two most valuable crab fisheries, Bristol Bay red king crab and Bering Sea snow crab.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Congratulations, Norton Sound crabbers!
The Norton Sound winter king crab fishery is scheduled to close on Tuesday, and it will end on a happy note.
"Congratulations to Norton Sound fishermen on one of the best winter crab seasons in history," says this announcement from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. "The commercial catch so far this season of over 8,500 crabs is second only to the first winter commercial season in 1977-78 when 9,625 crabs were caught."
"Congratulations to Norton Sound fishermen on one of the best winter crab seasons in history," says this announcement from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. "The commercial catch so far this season of over 8,500 crabs is second only to the first winter commercial season in 1977-78 when 9,625 crabs were caught."
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Bound to go viral
Tom Casey of Seattle offers this lament as we approach Saturday's start of another king crab season in the Bering Sea.
Friday, June 17, 2011
Norton Sound king crabbers to see big price jump
This just in from Norton Sound Economic Development Corp., one of the state's six Community Development Quota companies.
June 17, 2011
Norton Sound red king crab prices climb by more than $1.50
NOME — Norton Sound Economic Development Corp. announces its Norton Sound Seafood Products division will pay fishermen $5.29 per pound in 2011 for Norton Sound red king crab at the dock in Nome.
Last year the crab price was set at $3.77 at the dock.
The CDQ crab fishery is set to open on June 28. Once the first deliveries can be checked for quality and meat-fill, NSSP will immediately proceed with accepting deliveries from the open-access fishery.
NSSP is working on plans to continue its offering of tendering services from the Golovin area and in the southern portion of Norton Sound. Tendered crab will fetch a price of $5.04 to fishermen.
"Aided by the strong demand worldwide for crab, Norton Sound Seafood Products is pleased to offer a more than 40 percent increase in the price paid to fishermen over last year," said Rich Ferry, an NSSP manager. "We are proud to support our resident fishermen. With such strong prices this year, we anticipate a great season."
June 17, 2011
Norton Sound red king crab prices climb by more than $1.50
NOME — Norton Sound Economic Development Corp. announces its Norton Sound Seafood Products division will pay fishermen $5.29 per pound in 2011 for Norton Sound red king crab at the dock in Nome.
Last year the crab price was set at $3.77 at the dock.
The CDQ crab fishery is set to open on June 28. Once the first deliveries can be checked for quality and meat-fill, NSSP will immediately proceed with accepting deliveries from the open-access fishery.
NSSP is working on plans to continue its offering of tendering services from the Golovin area and in the southern portion of Norton Sound. Tendered crab will fetch a price of $5.04 to fishermen.
"Aided by the strong demand worldwide for crab, Norton Sound Seafood Products is pleased to offer a more than 40 percent increase in the price paid to fishermen over last year," said Rich Ferry, an NSSP manager. "We are proud to support our resident fishermen. With such strong prices this year, we anticipate a great season."
Friday, October 1, 2010
Bering Sea crab quotas announced
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game today announced catch limits for the Bering Sea crab fisheries opening Oct. 15:
Bristol Bay red king crab: 14.8 million pounds, down 7.5 percent from last season.
Bering Sea snow crab: 54.3 million pounds, up 13 percent from last season.
Bering Sea bairdi Tanner crab: Fishery closed due to low mature female biomass. Last season's quota was 1.35 million pounds.
St. Matthew Island blue king crab: 1.6 million pounds, up 37 percent from last season.
St. Matthew Island blue king crab: 1.6 million pounds, up 37 percent from last season.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Hoping for a nondeadly catch
The major Bering Sea king and Tanner crab fisheries opened at noon today, with the main quarry initially being those giant Bristol Bay red king crab. The total allowable catch this season is 16 million pounds of red kings, down almost 22 percent from last season. The U.S. Coast Guard, citing figures from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, reports that 62 boats are expected to be on the fishing grounds, although 93 preregistered. The Coast Guard has staged a Kodiak-based rescue helicopter at Cold Bay. USCG photoWednesday, September 30, 2009
Bering Sea king, snow crab catch limits drop
Butter consumption to decline this winter. ASMI photoThe state Department of Fish and Game today announced total allowable catch limits for this winter's Bering Sea crab fisheries.
Here's a breakdown for the two main fisheries:
Bristol Bay red king crab: 16 million pounds, down 21.6 percent from last season.
Bering Sea snow crab: 48 million pounds, down 18.1 percent from last season.
The fisheries open at noon Oct. 15.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
$3.4 million fine still hanging over Icicle
Icicle Seafoods Inc. could be one step closer to having to write a very big check as a penalty for some illegal king crab processing a few years ago.
But the dollar figure might not be as hefty as government authorities want.
That's the upshot of this recent 32-page determination and order signed by Jane Lubchenco, the Obama administration's newly installed head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Icicle has been fighting a $3.4 million civil penalty NOAA Fisheries imposed against the Seattle-based processor in late 2004.
Investigators charged that Icicle, through another company involved in seafood processing on faraway Adak Island in the Aleutians, exceeded its crab processing limit under the American Fisheries Act of 1998.
The central question is whether Icicle controlled Adak Fisheries Development Co. and used it to process millions of pounds of king crab over Icicle's limit. The company belonged to Kjetil Solberg, a former Icicle business partner.
Government authorities argue that Icicle did, in fact, control Adak Fisheries Development Co., and that it made substantial profits on the unlawful crab processing.
Icicle argues that, no, it didn't control Solberg's company, and it puts up a bunch of other reasons why it shouldn't have to pay any $3.4 million fine.
An administrative law judge upheld the fine in March 2007.
Icicle appealed that decision to a higher authority, which is where Lubchenco comes in.
She rules against Icicle on most points.
But she also kicks part of the case back to the judge for "clarification," and asks him to reconsider the fine amount.
In addition, she writes on page 31 of her ruling that she doesn't agree with the judge that Icicle and its Adak associates "engaged in an improper scheme to evade the law."
No telling, I guess, when this thing will be sorted out, or how big a check Icicle will have to write in the end.
But the dollar figure might not be as hefty as government authorities want.
That's the upshot of this recent 32-page determination and order signed by Jane Lubchenco, the Obama administration's newly installed head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Icicle has been fighting a $3.4 million civil penalty NOAA Fisheries imposed against the Seattle-based processor in late 2004.
Investigators charged that Icicle, through another company involved in seafood processing on faraway Adak Island in the Aleutians, exceeded its crab processing limit under the American Fisheries Act of 1998.
The central question is whether Icicle controlled Adak Fisheries Development Co. and used it to process millions of pounds of king crab over Icicle's limit. The company belonged to Kjetil Solberg, a former Icicle business partner.
Government authorities argue that Icicle did, in fact, control Adak Fisheries Development Co., and that it made substantial profits on the unlawful crab processing.
Icicle argues that, no, it didn't control Solberg's company, and it puts up a bunch of other reasons why it shouldn't have to pay any $3.4 million fine.
An administrative law judge upheld the fine in March 2007.
Icicle appealed that decision to a higher authority, which is where Lubchenco comes in.
She rules against Icicle on most points.
But she also kicks part of the case back to the judge for "clarification," and asks him to reconsider the fine amount.
In addition, she writes on page 31 of her ruling that she doesn't agree with the judge that Icicle and its Adak associates "engaged in an improper scheme to evade the law."
No telling, I guess, when this thing will be sorted out, or how big a check Icicle will have to write in the end.
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