10 Cast Net: Alaskan Crab Fishing Season

Tuesday 2 October 2012

Alaskan Crab Fishing Season

This fishery is managed by emergency order, the fishery may not open or may close at any time, or the bag limits may be reduced at any time. Always check with your local ADF&G office before going crabbing. For personal use news releases you may check online. Remember that all Shellfish may be exposed to the algae that causes Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning. For more information, see the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning page (PDF 90 kB). Remember, bag, possession, and pot limits for shellfish allowed under personal use MAY NOT be added to bag, possession, and pot limits under sport or subsistence fishing regulations. Permits are only required to Personal Use for King Crab in Subdistrict 11-A (PDF 2,549 kB)

(waters of the district north and west of a line from a point at 58ø 12.33' N. lat., 134° 10' W. long., to the Coast Guard marker and Light on Point Arden).