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- Oct 15, 202590% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
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- Jun 1, 202690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Bering Sea Snow Crab Opens With a Doubled 9.3-Million-Pound Quota
- The 2025 NMFS trawl survey put mature snow crab biomass above the threshold to open the Bering Sea District fishery[1]
- The season opened at 12:00 noon on 15 October 2025 and runs to 15 May 2026 (Eastern Subdistrict) and 31 May 2026 (Western Subdistrict)[1]
- Total allowable catch: 9,300,000 pounds - 8,370,000 pounds of individual fishing quota and 930,000 pounds of community development quota - up from 4,720,000 pounds the season before[1][4]
- ADF&G set a base of 8.3 million pounds and added 1 million pounds (about 11%) for vessels to target hybrid Chionoecetes crab, found in unprecedented numbers in one area of the Bering Sea[1]
- Bristol Bay red king crab opened the same day with 2,680,000 pounds, about 16% more than the year before[2][3]
- The limit is still small next to history: more than 320 million pounds in 1991 and 45 million pounds in 2020, before more than 10 billion snow crabs disappeared[2]
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- [1]90%adfg.alaska.gov/static/applications/dcfnewsrelease/1741176837.pdfadfg.alaska.gov· Posted Sep 27, 2026· Starts Oct 15, 2025 ✓· Ends Jun 1, 2026 ✓· 64% of score
ADF&G advisory of 6 October 2025: 'The 2025/26 Bering Sea snow crab fishery will open ... at 12:00 noon October 15, 2025 and close at 11:59 p.m. May 15, 2026 in the Eastern Subdistrict ... and close at 11:59 p.m. May 31, 2026 in the Western Subdistrict'.
- [2]85%Alaska crab fishery shows signs of recovery after massive crashkucb.org· Published Oct 7, 2025· 16% of score
KUCB: the 9.3-million-pound cap compares with more than 320 million pounds harvested in 1991 and a 45-million-pound limit in 2020, before more than 10 billion snow crabs disappeared; red king crab rose about 16% to about 2.7 million pounds.
- [3]85%Bristol Bay Red King Crab Season Opens October 15 - Total Allowable Catch Announced (ADF&G, 2025)fisheries.noaa.gov· Published Oct 6, 2025· 16% of score
Same-day ADF&G advisory: Bristol Bay red king crab opens at 12:00 noon on 15 October 2025 and closes 15 January 2026, with a 2,680,000-pound catch (2,412,000 IFQ, 268,000 CDQ).[1]
- [4]75%Bering Sea Snow Crab Season Opens October 15 - Total Allowable Catch Announced (ADF&G, 2024)adfg.alaska.gov· Published Oct 4, 2024· 4% of score
The previous season's snow crab catch limit, 4,720,000 pounds, against which the 2025/26 figure is nearly double.[1]
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