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Old 08-21-2022, 11:20 AM
 
Location: Juneau, AK + Puna, HI
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Someone told me recently that there would be a personal use king crab fisheries opening here in JNU area soon, but I haven't seen any official notifications about it.
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Old 08-21-2022, 11:29 AM
 
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Article in today's WaPo that the crab harvest has collapsed. People in Alaska probably already know that, but it was startling to read the article.

Excerpt: "Scientists, despite earlier optimistic signs, found that snow crab stocks were down 90 percent. The season opened and the total allowable harvest went from 45 million pounds to 5.5 million pounds. Commercial fishers couldn’t even catch that quantity. In October 2021, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game closed the king crab season entirely to harvesting, for the first time since the 1990s."


This site seems to be an open source for the same article.
Why...what's going on with the Water in Alaska ?
Horrible news... i love Crab Legs~!


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Old 08-21-2022, 11:42 AM
 
Location: on the wind
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Why...what's going on with the Water in Alaska ?
Horrible news... i love Crab Legs~!


Current theories point to an overly warm Bering Sea. That can impact invertebrate populations (and how accessible they end up being to crabbers) in multiple ways. And why would the Bering Sea be warming? Take a wild guess...

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2021...ng-bering-sea/
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Old 08-21-2022, 03:45 PM
 
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Current theories point to an overly warm Bering Sea. That can impact invertebrate populations (and how accessible they end up being to crabbers) in multiple ways. And why would the Bering Sea be warming? Take a wild guess...

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2021...ng-bering-sea/
My wild guess: because most of the world, particularly China, India, Russia (bombs, missiles, burning military equipment), aren't doing anything about climate change, and is relying on America taxpayers to save the world??
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Old 08-21-2022, 04:00 PM
 
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Dungeness crab ain't nothing to sneeze at. It's not king crab, but it's still good eating.
From $20 to $34 is "ONLY" a 70% increase. No worries, because our beloved president told us about 8 MONTHS ago that this horrible inflation is just transitory and not to worry. PLUS, we now have his beloved Build Back Better (retitled, Inflation Reduction Act to fight inflation!) Hang in there, America, building back better takes time!! And if you make less than $400,000 per year, like me, he and Senator Manchin have sworn that you will absolutely NOT see your taxes increased, at all! WHEW!! I'm thankful for that!
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Old 08-21-2022, 04:04 PM
 
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I agree, it's good or I would not have bought it. But red king crab is better.


I was in Safeway the other day and king crab legs and claws were $54 a pound! This is getting stupid. Who pays that?
Stupid people? Russian oligarchs and their wives/girlfriends/mistresses?
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Old 08-21-2022, 04:09 PM
 
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Ah.

It sounds like hell on earth. Back in the 70s there were a bunch of kids from around here went up for the season to make some good money.

Guess it was pretty grueling.

But do I ever love to sit down to some King crab. It's a feast for us.

I suppose some company will just have to start making it in a lab.

This reminds me of when the first people came to New England there was so much lobster that they used it to feed prisoners. And the prisoners complained about the bad treatment.

Times change.
Not much has changed---prisoners STILL complain about the food and bad treatment!!
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Old 08-21-2022, 04:34 PM
 
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Someone told me recently that there would be a personal use king crab fisheries opening here in JNU area soon, but I haven't seen any official notifications about it.
What's a personal use king crab fishery?
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Old 08-21-2022, 05:53 PM
 
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what about snow crab,at one time they cant even give them away?Once I drove by an all you can eat cheap buffet and they have plenty of those crab legs and now you pay $13.99/lb when on sale?
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Old 08-21-2022, 05:55 PM
 
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what about snow crab,at one time they cant even give them away?Once I drove by an all you can eat cheap buffet and they have plenty of those crab legs and now you pay $13.99/lb when on sale?
If you bothered to read my link it was about snow crab. Their harvest limits have been slashed too!
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