Alaskan crab catchers indicted for illegal harvest, owner, captains face federal charges
A Federal Grand Jury has indicted the owner and captain of two crab catcher vessels for illegally transporting crab.
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A Federal Grand Jury has indicted the owner and captain of two crab catcher vessels for illegally transporting crab.
Alaska fishermen will be able to harvest red king crab for the first time in two years, offering a slight reprieve to the beleaguered fishery beset by low numbers likely exacerbated by climate change. There was no such rebound for snow crab, however, and that fishery will remain closed for a second straight year, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced Friday. “Based on survey results from this year, those numbers have improved, some signs of modest optimism in terms of improving abundance in Bristol Bay red king crab overall and that has allowed for a small but still conserv...
After the heat wave-induced collapse of the Bering Sea snow crab fishery, some fishermen were looking, with hope, at the upcoming tanner crab harvest