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Winter Crabbers Start Strong Despite New Quota for Norton Sound

By Laura Kraegel | March 2, 2016 |

ADF&G observer Anneliese Moll measures the carapace of an eastern Norton Sound red king crab. Photo: Jenn Ruckel, KNOM.

Commercial fishermen are on par with last year’s record-breaking catch, but they stand to make less money because of a new, reduced quota.

Update News: Monday, July 16, 2012

By Matthew F. Smith | July 16, 2012

In Monday’s news: Governor Sean Parnell seeks federal disaster declaration for king salmon fisheries on Yukon and Kuskokwim Rivers; Alaska Nanuuq Commission, U.S. Fish & Wildlife in Shishmaref detailing new international quota for subsistence harvest of polar bears; Body of woman found south of Barrow identified as 28-year-old Eliza Mae Simmonds; Shell Oil’s drill rig…