This database contains distribution information for crab species in the eastern Bering Sea of Alaska collected during Alaska Fisheries Science Center bottom trawl surveys since 1975.
The Alaska Fisheries Science Center, the McDowell Group and the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission have produced a new publication examining how federally managed groundfish and crab stocks caught in Alaskan waters
Amendment 17 specifies a time period for rebuilding the Pribilof lslands blue king crab stock. The stock will be considered "rebuilt" when it reaches the maximum sustainable yield stock size level in 2 consecutive years.