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Red King Crab Results

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Alaska Shellfish Current Research

Shellfish Assessment Research.
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Alaska Shellfish Disease Research

Researchers have been studying Bitter Crab Syndrome, a potentially fatal disease, that can affect southern Tanner crab and snow crab in the eastern Bering Sea, Alaska.
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Alaska Shellfish Ocean Acidification and Climate Research

Effects of ocean acidification on Snow crab reproduction and early life history.
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Alaska Shellfish Growth Research

Growth per molt of Bering sea Tanner crab.
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Alaska Shellfish Culture Research

Shellfish Assessment Program scientists conduct research that investigates larval crab settlement behavior, cannibalism/predation, use of critical habitats, as well as comparative growth studies.
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2018 Alaska Fisheries Economic Status of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crab

This report presents information on economic activity in commercial crab fisheries currently managed under the Federal Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Bering Sea and Aleutian and Islands King and Tanner Crab (BSAI crab), with attention to the subset of fisheries included in the Crab Rationalization (CR) Program. Statistics on harvesting and processing activity; effort; revenue; labor employment and compensation; operational costs; and quota ownership, usage and disposition among participants in the fisheries are provided. Additionally, this report provides a summary of BSAI crab-related research being undertaken by the Economic and Social Sciences Research Program (ESSRP) at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC).
May 21, 2018 - Assessments ,

Alaska Crab Research

Each year bottom trawl surveys are conducted to assess the distribution and abundance of commercially important crab resources in the eastern Bering Sea in addition to laboratory research for forecast abundance models to maintain sustainable fisheries.
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Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crab Buyback Program

Congress authorized up to $100 million to finance a buyback program in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands crab fisheries.