by Laine Welch | Sep 9, 2021 | Crab, Crab Prices, Fish Radio Programs, Shellfish
Southeast crabbers wrapped up an “average” Dungeness season for a two and a half month summer fishery that wrapped up in mid-August. Preliminary numbers indicate the catch came in at half of last summer’s level. Adam Messmer is the Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game’s...
by Laine Welch | Jun 17, 2021 | Crab, Crab Prices, Fish Radio Programs
Prices for all crab continue to soar and that bodes well for Dungeness crab fisheries at Southeast Alaska and Kodiak, areas that last year saw big catches. Kodiak’s fishery opened on May 1 and so far 68,358 pounds have been landed by just eight boats, compared...
by Laine Welch | Jun 10, 2021 | Crab, Crab Prices, Fish Radio Programs
24 Million Pounds of Snow Crab Arrives in April and Disappears! Source: Les Hodges Seafood Consulting By Les Hodges Credit: Hiroshi-Ohnuma at SeafoodNews.com June 9, 2021 The current U.S. economic recovery is unlike any in recent history, powered by consumers who...
by Laine Welch | Apr 20, 2021 | Crab, Crab Prices, Fish Radio Programs
Credit: Whitney Potter, Shoreline Area News Crabbers throughout the Gulf of Alaska are enjoying some great hauls, most recently for Tanners at Southeast Alaska. The 11 day February fishery produced 1.26 million pounds, the fourth largest catch in the past 15...
by Laine Welch | Dec 11, 2020 | Crab, Crab Prices, Fish Radio Programs
Both the catch and number of boats on the grounds were down a bit for Southeast Alaska’s Dungeness fall crab fishery that wrapped up on November 30th. “So far we’ve had 790,000 pounds so far caught in the fall season and we usually catch right around a million...
by Laine Welch | Nov 3, 2020 | Crab, Crab Prices, Fish Radio Programs
Kodiak Tanner crabs There was some slim hope that a small Tanner crab fishery could occur in January for westward region crabbers, which includes Kodiak, Chignik and the South Peninsula. The summer survey indicated there might be enough mature male crabs to...
