Fish Factor: Crabbers throughout Southeast Alaska will drop pots for Tanners on Feb. 11, and they’re expecting one of the best seasons ever.
Frigid February fishing in Alaska features crabbing from the Panhandle to the Bering Sea, followed in March by halibut, black cod and herring.
Prices to fishermen at Kodiak, Chignik and the South Peninsula reached a jaw-dropping $8.50/lb for the weeklong fishery that ended in late January and produced 1.8 million pounds of good-looking crab. Out in the Bering Sea, crabbers have taken 18% of their 1 million-pound Tanner crab quota and 33% of their 5.6-million pound snow crab quota. For snow crab, that equals about 4.3 million animals.
Farther north, a through-the-ice February red king crab fishery at Norton Sound was canceled when local buyers opted not to purchase any to protect the declining stock in that region. In other Alaska fisheries, halibut catches for this year were increased for all regions except Southeast. Here’s the breakdown in millions of pounds compared to 2021, in parentheses: Southeast/Area 2C: 3.51m ; Central Gulf/3A: 9.55m ; Western Gulf /3B: 3.35m ; Aleutians/4A: 1.76m ; Aleutians/4B: 1.
Some good news for Southeast king salmon trollers: Their treaty harvest allocation for 2022 is 193,200 Chinook salmon, an increase of 44,700 from 2021. commercial harvest is just 716,000 fish. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game predicts the total sockeye run will come in at 1,432,000 fish, 34% below the 10-year average.
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