Southeast summer Dungeness harvest the worst in decades

Dungeness crab. (Photo/Alaska Department of Fish & Game)The commercial harvest for Dungeness crab in Southeast Alaska this summer was the lowest in several decades. But it might not be a complete bust. The harvest numbers only tell part of the story.
The summer season for Dungies closed three weeks early in Southeast.
The thing is Dungeness crab in Southeast are tricky because state managers don’t know a lot about them. The crab are on a four-to-five-year life cycle and the commercial