The Southeast Alaska Dungeness crab fishery opened on June 15th. But roughly a quarter of the fleet in Petersburg is skipping the season. That’s partly because many of them are expecting low prices.
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State managers closed Southeast’s Dungeness summer fishery two weeks early by emergency order because of low harvest numbers. If there are a lot of soft-shell crab in a shortened summer season, then the fall can go the full two-month length. This year, dock-side sampling indicated 28 percent soft-shell crab, which is enough to allow a full fall season.
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The commercial Dungeness crab fishery in Southeast Alaska will close early this summer because the start of the season has been so slow. “I’ve heard generally it’s slow,” said Joe Stratman with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. “I’ve heard generally it’s slow throughout the region.”
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While commercial salmon fisheries in Southeast are looking to be a bust this year, that’s not the case for Dungeness crab. The summer season’s harvest ended up being the second highest on record. However, the value of the fishery was not near a record breaker.
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