A continuation of the 2011 research project working to improve understanding of the distribution of male and female RKC outside of and near the edge of the standard Eastern Bering Sea bottom trawl survey area in Bristol Bay (the Black Hills and surrounding nearshore grounds). BSFRF chartered the F/V American Eagle to conduct high density sampling trawl survey along the eastern edge of the standard NMFS bottom trawl survey near the Alaska Peninsula in eastern Bristol Bay. The 2nd year collected BBRKC densities across a broader range of inshore bottom water temperatures along the Alaska Peninsula.
2012 Bristol Bay Red King Crab Inshore Survey
