July 1, 2023 — The Dungeness crab season in the eastern Bering Sea in the U.S. state of Alaska is reportedly going well as officials report crab pots “stuffed” with crab.
Historically, Alaska’s Dungeness crab fishery has been relatively small, and largely overshadowed by the red king crab fishery. In 2004, for example, harvesters caught 12.5 million pounds of red king crab worth USD 105 million (EUR 96 million), versus 3.2 million pounds, of Dungeness crab worth USD 11 million (EUR 10 million), according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.