Posted inSoutheast News, Environment & Natural Resources

State closes summer Dungeness fishery early amid weak harvest

Southeast Alaska’s summer commercial Dungeness crab season will close three weeks early, after Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s harvest estimate came in the lowest in at least 25 years. The department announced June 29 that the summer season will close at 11:59 p.m. Saturday, July 25, after allowing a total of 40 days of […]

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