I recently testified at the Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Board meeting regarding the current Dungeness crab management plan for Southeast Alaska waters. The best way to understand what is at risk here is to quote Alaska Department of Fish and Game management reports after the collapse of the Dungeness crab fishery in Prince William Sound.
Orca Inlet:“Harvest ranged from over 1 million pounds in the early 1960’s to 35,000 pounds in 1976.”…