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BSAI Crab Plan Team

The BSAI Crab Plan Team’s primary function is to provide the Council with the best available scientific information, including scientifically-based recommendations regarding appropriate measures for the conservation and management of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) king and Tanner crab fisheries. Current Membership

The Fishery Management Plan includes all species and fisheries for king and Tanner crab (red, blue, and brown king crab, Tanner crab, and snow crab). In-season management of these fisheries is provided by ADF&G in Kodiak (updated October 2011).

Crab SAFE

SAFE ChapterLatest SAFE UpdateNext SAFE Update
IntroductionOct 2024Oct 2025
1 Eastern Bering Sea snow crab
Appendix A
SAFE Addendum
Ecosystem and Socioeconomic Report
Oct 2024Oct 2025
2 Bristol Bay red king crab
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix D
Ecosystem and Socioeconomic Report
Oct 2024Oct 2025
3 Tanner crab
Appendix A
Appendix B 
Appendix C
Appendix D
Ecosystem and Socioeconomic Report
Oct 2024Oct 2025
4 Pribilof Islands red king crab -triennialOct 2022Oct 2025
5 Pribilof Islands blue king crab -biennial Oct 2023Oct 2025
6 Saint Matthew Island blue king crab -biennialOct 2024Oct 2026
7 Norton Sound red king crabFeb 2024Dec 2024
8 Aleutian Islands golden king crabJun 2024Jun 2025
9 Pribilof Islands golden king crab -triennialJun 2023Jun 2026
10 West Aleutian Islands red king crab  -triennialJun 2023Jun 2026
Economic SAFESeptember 2024

Staff contact is Anita Kroska: 907-271-2805

SAFE Guidelines – January 2023

Resources

NPFMC Resources

BSAI Crab PT Historic Agendas
BSAI Crab Harvest Specs
BSAI Crab Harvest Timing
BSAI Crab SAFE Reports
BSAI Crab FMP
BSAI Crab Plan Team
Membership
Plan Team Handbook

External Resources

NOAA: BSAI Crab Fisheries
ADF&G: Commercial Shellfish
NOAA: BSAI Crab Rationalization Program
NOAA: Bycatch in Alaska

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BSAI Crab Background Documents

We respectfully acknowledge that the Council regularly meets, and its staff office resides, in Anchorage on Dena’ina homelands. The Council wants to honor the Dena’ina, the Indigenous Peoples who have stewarded this land across generations and continue to do so. We are glad to be part of this community, and to honor the culture, resilience, and tradition of the Dena’ina people.

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