. The Eastern Bering Sea Shelf : oceanography and resources / edited by Donald W. Hood and John A. Calder. Oceanography Bering Crab fisheries 1045 CO o Li. 650 600 550 500 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 JAPAN TAN JAPAN POT /\ \ / \^^ t v. us POT/ \ / i^M^^^^^^^^^^^ y / / ^mM 1200 1100 1000 900 800 â 0 O H 700 600 r â n H CO 500 X 400 o 300 200 100 54 56 58 60 62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76 78 80 YEAR Figure 61-7. All-nation effort in eastern Bering Sea king crab fisheries (see text for explanation of Japanese effort). vessels in 1979, catches have not increased greatly. The 1979 catch, howe
. The Eastern Bering Sea Shelf : oceanography and resources / edited by Donald W. Hood and John A. Calder. Oceanography Bering Crab fisheries 1045 CO o Li. 650 600 550 500 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 JAPAN TAN JAPAN POT /\ \ / \^^ t v. us POT/ \ / i^M^^^^^^^^^^^ y / / ^mM 1200 1100 1000 900 800 â 0 O H 700 600 r â n H CO 500 X 400 o 300 200 100 54 56 58 60 62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76 78 80 YEAR Figure 61-7. All-nation effort in eastern Bering Sea king crab fisheries (see text for explanation of Japanese effort). vessels in 1979, catches have not increased greatly. The 1979 catch, however, approached the upper limit of the allowed harvest (quota) range of 1,400 mt. St. Matthew fishery In 1977, exploratory blue king crab fishing in the St. Matthew Island area yielded 500 mt. The St. Matthew area fishery continued in 1978, with a catch of 900 mt by 22 vessels, and in 1979, when some blue king crab were taken as far north as St. Lawrence Island. Interest in the 1979 fishery was low, however, and only 96 mt were landed by 17 vessels. Typically, blue king crabs in the Northern district are smaller (average kg) than those taken in the Pribilof Islands ( kg). Catches given above for the Norton Sound and St. Matthew fisheries actually include all red and blue king crab taken in the Northern district of the Bering Sea. Since virtually all red king crab come from Norton Sound and almost all blue king crab from the St. Matthew area, this discrepancy is minor. Com- mercial king crab fisheries in the Northern district are small, recent in origin, and unlikely to become more important than they are at present. FOREIGN FISHERIES Extent of the fisheries Japan and the were the only foreign nations that engaged in directed fisheries for king. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
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