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Signs of Chionoecetes Recovery?

Signs of Chionoecetes Recovery?

Between 2019 and 2021, the EBS snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) population experienced an unprecedented collapse, with more than 10 billion crab disappearing. Research has attributed the collapse to marine heatwaves, in which elevated temperatures dramatically...

2026 Alaska Marine Science Symposium

The time has come once again for the Alaska Marine Science Symposium, Alaska's leading marine research conference, which convenes scientists, resource managers, educators, and students annually to share current research from Alaskan waters. The symposium will be held...

CPS2 has finished! Analysis is underway.

The BSFRF, with NOAA, ADF&G, and industry collaborators, have successfully completed the second year of the Collaborative Pot Sampling project. Three vessels were chartered: two crabbers, the F/V Aleutian Lady and the F/V Seabrooke, and one trawler, the F/V...

Newsletters

July 2019 Newsletter

  • BSFRF Studies Crab Movement Using New Technology
  • Tanner and Snow Crab Growth Study Continues
  • BSFRF Summer Surveys Completed

September 2018 Newsletter

  • BSFRF Completes Summer Trawl Surveys
  • BSFRF Supports Graduate Student to Build Management Strategy Evaluation for the Tanner Crab Fishery

May 2018 Newsletter

  • BSFRF Hosts Scientific Workshop on Tanner Crab Management Strategies
  • Improved Snow Crab Model Depends on BSFRF Data
  • BSFRF Supports Graduate Student’s Historical Logbook Research

October 2017 Newsletter

  • Crab Stock Status
  • Crab Movement and Tagging Research
  • Crab Models and Assessments
  • Collaboration and Upcoming Events

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