Biologist interprets crab catch numbers

Snow crab. (KUCB file photo)
Last week the Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced catch limits for the state’s crab fisheries. On Monday, a Fish and Game biologist explained how the agency determined those catch limits to a group of crabbers in Seattle. Nine local crabbers gathered at Unalaska’s City Hall to tune into the conference call and ask questions.
The biggest drop in total allowable catch – or the TAC – is for Bering Sea snow crab, also knowns as opilio. Th