This projects activities will be performed by the alaska department of fish and game with partial funding provided by an award of $764,702 ("bering sea crab research XXI") to support research,…

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded $1.5 million under the Pacific Fisheries Data Program to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game for the Bering Sea Crab Research XXI project. The project will support research, data collection, and distribution activities through June 2023 to provide fishery managers with information needed to sustainably manage commercial crab fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands consistent with state and federal regulations. As the primary recipient, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game will perform western Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands crab research through staff based in Kodiak and Dutch Harbor. The data and analyses generated will aid the North Pacific Fishery Management Council and Alaska Board of Fisheries in setting policies and catch limits that support both conservation and fishery participation as outlined in the Magnuson-Stevens Act.

This projects activities will be performed by the alaska department of fish and game with partial funding provided by an award of $764,702 ("bering sea crab research XXI") to support research, gather data, and distribute data on the commercial crab fishery stocks of the bering sea and aleutian islands (bsai). Those activities are directed towards providing information to fishery managers, the alaska board of fisheries, and the north pacific fishery management council that is needed to manage crab fisheries consistent with state of alaska commercial fishery regulations, the policy on king and tanner crab resource management goal and benefits, the fishery management plan for the commercial king and tanner crab fisheries in the bering sea/aleutian islands, and national standards 1 and 2 of the magnuson-stevens fishery conservation and management act. The westward region bering sea aleutian island crab research will be performed by fish and game staff in the kodiak and DU