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- Oct 10, 202290% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Alaska Cancels the Bering Sea Snow Crab Season for the First Time
- The Alaska Department of Fish and Game and NMFS found the 2022 trawl-survey estimate for Bering Sea snow crab below the regulatory threshold, so the fishery stayed closed for the 2022/23 season[1]
- It was the first time the snow crab fishery had ever been closed; the stock was declared overfished, and the previous season's catch limit had already been cut by almost 90%[2]
- Bristol Bay red king crab was also kept closed, for a second year running[4]
- The 2021 snow crab harvest of 5.6 million pounds had been the smallest in more than 40 years; Bering Sea crab harvests grossed $280 million as recently as 2016[3]
- Alaska Bering Sea Crabbers said the fleet could face losses of nearly $500 million[2]
- Only the Bering Sea Tanner crab fisheries opened on 15 October, with about 2 million pounds between them[5]
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- [1]90%adfg.alaska.gov/static/applications/dcfnewsrelease/1441272349.pdfadfg.alaska.gov· Posted Sep 27, 2026· Starts Oct 10, 2022 ✓· 99% of score
ADF&G advisory 'For Immediate Release: 10/10/2022': '2022/23 Bering Sea Snow Crab Season Closed ... Bering Sea snow crab will remain closed for the 2022/23 season.'
- [2]85%Bering Sea snow crab and red king crab fisheries close amid struggling stockskucb.org· Published Oct 12, 2022· 0% of score
KUCB (Unalaska): snow crab closes for the first time in the fishery's history, the stock is declared overfished, last season's catch limit had been cut by almost 90%, and Alaska[1][4][5] Bering Sea Crabbers put the fleet's possible losses near half a billion dollars.
- [3]80%Alaska cancels Bering Sea king and snow crab seasons over worries of population collapseadn.com· Published Oct 11, 2022· 0% of score
Anchorage Daily News: the 2021 snow crab harvest of 5.6 million pounds was the smallest in more than 40 years, Bering Sea crab harvests grossed $280 million as recently as 2016, and red king crab needed at least 8.4 million mature females in the survey to open.[1]
- [4]90%2022/23 Bristol Bay Red King Crab Season Closed (ADF&G advisory)adfg.alaska.gov· Published Oct 10, 2022· 0% of score
ADF&G's same-day advisory: the Bristol Bay red king crab stock is below the regulatory threshold for opening a fishery, so it 'will remain closed for the 2022/23 season'.[1]
- [5]75%2022/23 Bering Sea Tanner Crab Season Opens October 15 (ADF&G advisory)adfg.alaska.gov· Published Oct 10, 2022· 0% of score
The one Bering Sea crab fishery left open that day: western and eastern Tanner crab at 850,000 and 1,163,000 pounds, opening 12:00 noon 15 October 2022.[1]
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