Alaska Pacific University Researchers Seek Exempted Fishing Permit to Study Red King Crab Bycatch

Summary

Alaska Pacific University researchers Mr. Cory Lescher and Dr. Bradley Harris have submitted an application for an exempted fishing permit to study the bycatch of red king crab in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands fisheries, with the goal of improving the accuracy of catch rate estimations and understanding the factors that affect red king crab mortality.