The Eastern Bering Sea Shelf The Eastern Bering Sea Shelf : oceanography and resources / edited by Donald W. Hood and John A. Calder easternberingsea00hood Year: 1981 1040 Fisheries biology these fisheries have been continuous, generally expanding, and multinational in scope (with the entering the fishery in 1959). King crabs continued to be the focus of interest and provided economic support for fishery development of Tanner crab and, to a lesser extent, groundfish resources. Both commercial species of Tanner crab (C. bairdi and C. opilio) were probably taken incidentally in eastern
The Eastern Bering Sea Shelf The Eastern Bering Sea Shelf : oceanography and resources / edited by Donald W. Hood and John A. Calder easternberingsea00hood Year: 1981 1040 Fisheries biology these fisheries have been continuous, generally expanding, and multinational in scope (with the entering the fishery in 1959). King crabs continued to be the focus of interest and provided economic support for fishery development of Tanner crab and, to a lesser extent, groundfish resources. Both commercial species of Tanner crab (C. bairdi and C. opilio) were probably taken incidentally in eastern Bering Sea king crab fisheries as early as 1953 (Fisheries Agency of Japan 1956). Japanese processing of Tanner crabs amounted to 2,848 cases of 48 half-pound cans in 1955. Reports on early Japanese Tanner crab fishing are vague and no Tanner crab pack was reported from 1956 to 1964. A directed Japanese Tanner crab fishery developed in response to declining abundance of red king crab (Hoopes and Greenough 1970) and an increasingly aggressive negotiating posture assumed by the United States after the 1958 Convention on the Continental Shelf entered into force in 1964 (Congressional Research Service 1974). Approximately million Tanner crab were taken by the and Japan in 1965. The fishery expanded rapidly and some million Tanner crab were taken by foreign fleets in 1969, when the United States entered the fishery. High abundance of Tanner crab relative to king crab during the late 1960's probably accelerated fishery development. Bilateral agreements concerning crab fisheries were concluded between the United States and Japan in 1964, and between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1965 (Congressional Research Service 1974). Tanner crab research under the auspices of INPFC began in 1965. Considerable information on Tanner crab fisheries became avail- able after these developments and as a result of pursuant negotiations. By 1969, all major stocks of Bering
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