What are the rationalized crab fisheries?

Hello fishies!

Here is part 2 in our ongoing series about "rationalization".

What are the rationalized crab ("CR Crab") fisheries?

Most king and Tanner crab fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands are now "rationalized crab fisheries" - "CR Crab". This includes the IFQ/IPQ fisheries; the CDQ crab fisheries (except in Norton Sound), and the allocation of golden king crab to the Community of Adak. A few BSAI king and Tanner crab fisheries remain under the License Limitation Program (LLP). The Program applies to the following BSAI crab fisheries:

• Bristol Bay red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus)

• Western Aleutian Islands (Adak) golden king crab (Lithodes aequispinus)— west of 174 degrees West longitude.

• Eastern Aleutian Islands (Dutch Harbor) golden king crab- east of 174 degrees West longitude.

• Western Aleutian Islands (Adak) red king crab— west of 179 West longitude.

• Pribilof Islands blue king crab (P. platypus) and red king crab

• St. Matthew Island blue king crab

• Bering Sea snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)

• Bering Sea Tanner crab (C. bairdi)

Stay tuned!

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