So far about 680,000 pounds of king crab have been harvested, with processors paying about $2 more a pound for the massive crabs.
Fourteen vessels had landed about 680,000 pounds of king crab as of Wednesday, Oct. 23. 2024. The average weight is 6.84 pounds, and the catch rate is 35 legal males per pot. Both of those numbers are up from last year.
As of Wednesday afternoon, about 29% of the total allowable catch for the Bristol Bay red king crab fishery had been harvested, according to Nichols. He said so far, reports from captains and from observer catch reports show signs of productive fishing. “This fishery is still in a depressed state,” Kelty said. “But you know, we saw improvement in some of the mature males and the six-and-a-half legal size crab, but still not a big surge in the juveniles and pre-recruits moving into the fishery yet.”
Harvesters are getting $10 per pound for the massive king crabs. That’s about $2 more than they initially received last year.
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