Executive Summary 2011 Saint Matthew Island Blue King Crab Stock Assessment

2. Catches: Peak historical harvest was 9.454 million pounds (4,288 t) in 1983/84. The fishery was closed for 10 years after the stock was declared overfished in 1999. Fishing resumed in 2009/10 with a fishery‐ reported retained catch of 0.461 million pounds (209 t), less than half the 1.167 million...

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Main Authors: W. Gaeuman, Stock Blue King Crab, Paralithodes Platypus, Saint Matthew Isl
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Tac
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.396.9258
http://www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/npfmc/PDFdocuments/resources/SAFE/CrabSAFE/912Chapters/SMBKC_2012.pdf