This work is part of 2011 cooperative research efforts between BSFRF, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G). Main goals were to collect juvenile snow crab during the spring when they are known to molt,...
This research continued efforts (started with red king crab) to understand adult male snow crab seasonal movements in the Bering Sea using archival tags. BSFRF funded the purchase of tags and coordinated with the F/V Kiska Sea to deploy tags on male snow crabs near...
An expanded experiment similar to the 2009 net efficiency study over a broader range of snow crab grounds conducted in July by NMFS survey vessels and a charter of the F/V American Eagle to compare CPUE of snow crab from the two survey trawls. Overview (one page...
This research focused on analysis of the minimum size limit for Eastern Bering Sea Tanner crab fisheries. The goal of this work was to evaluate the merits of a reduced minimum size limit for the Tanner crab fisheries both east (“Bristol Bay area”) and west (“Pribilof...
A pilot study on snow crab index areas and a net efficiency experiment conducted in July between the NMFS standard survey trawl and the Nephrops trawl completed aboard a charter of the F/V American Eagle to compare CPUE of snow crab from the two survey trawls....
