Jul 19, 2024 · After only 28 days, the Norton Sound summer commercial Red King Crab season has come to a close. According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, this year’s season was just over half as long as the average run of 54 days from 1994 to 2023.

Jul 18, 2024 · After only 28 days, the Norton Sound summer commercial Red King Crab season has come to a close. According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, this year's season was just over half as long as the average run of 54 days from 1994 to 2023.

The Norton Sound (Inupiaq: Imaqpak) is an inlet of the Bering Sea on the western coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, south of the Seward Peninsula. [1] It is about 240 km (150 mi) long and 200 km (125 mi) wide. The Yukon River delta forms a portion of the south shore and water from the Yukon influences this body of water. It is ice-free from ...

Aug 1, 2022 · After no commercial crabbing since 2019, this summer’s Norton Sound Red King Crab fishery had a record year of $3.7 million dollars in ex-vessel value. The 2022 commercial crabbing season had the region’s best harvest since 2017, according to …

The Norton Sound summer season opens on July 1, and a though-the-ice fishery occurs from November 15 to May 15. Pot limits have been established based on vessel size and guideline harvest level. In Norton Sound, the pot limits are 50 for …

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Norton Sound red king crab occurs in a unique environment with extensive winter and spring sea ice cover over a very shallow shelf. These characteristics, along with increasing shifts in seasonal climate

Since 2006, NSFR&D has conducted summer beach cleanup projects around Norton Sound. By facilitating one to four projects every summer, we have carried out multiple projects in each of our 15 member communities over the lifetime of the project.

Jul 7, 2021 · The prospects are dim for this summer’s Norton Sound commercial fishing and crabbing seasons. While the Norton Sound red king crab season began on June 15th, Norton Sound currently has no buyer for its crab.

Jun 20, 2022 · The Board of Directors for the Norton Sound Economic Development Corp. has voted to resume purchases of Norton Sound red king crab this summer. NSEDC is a private nonprofit corporation representing 15 member communities and about 8,500 people in the Bering Straits Region of Northwestern Alaska.