Review of Prince William Sound management area dungeness crab, shrimp, and miscellaneous shellfish fisheries
Subtitle: a report to the Alaska Board of Fisheries
By: by Robert Berceli and Charles E. Trowbridge.
Contributors: Trowbridge, Charles E.; Alaska. Division of Sport Fish.; Alaska. Division of Commercial Fisheries.; Alaska. Board of Fisheries.
Series: Special publication -- no. 06-10; Special publication (Alaska. Division of Sport Fish) -- no. 06-10.
Publisher: Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish, Research and Technical Services
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Anchorage
Language: eng
Number of pages: 35
Subjects: Dungeness crab fisheries -- Alaska -- Prince William Sound -- Statistics; Shrimp fisheries -- Alaska -- Prince William Sound -- Statistics; Clam fisheries -- Alaska -- Prince William Sound -- Statistics; Weathervane scallop fisheries -- Alaska -- Prince William Sound -- Statistics; Shellfish fisheries -- Alaska -- Prince William Sound -- Statistics; Fishery management -- Alaska -- Prince William Sound
Other titles: Report to the Alaska Board of Fisheries
Description: This report includes summaries of reported catch and effort information and management actions for Dungeness crab, shrimp, and miscellaneous shellfish fisheries managed by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) in the Prince William Sound Management Area (Area E). Area E currently encompasses waters of Alaska from 144⁰00ʹ W. longitude, near Cape Suckling, to the longitude of Cape Fairfield at 148⁰50.25ʹ W. longitude. ADF&G is responsible for the management of commercial, subsistence, and personal use Dungeness crab Cancer magister, sidestripe shrimp Pandalopsis dispar, spot shrimp Pandalus platyceros, coonstripe shrimp Pandalus hypsinotus, weathervane scallops Patinopecten caurinus, razor clams Siliqua patula, and miscellaneous shellfish which includes squid, octopus Octopus dofleini, green urchin Stronglyocentrotus droebachiensis, and sea cucumber Parastichopus californicus fisheries.
Notes: "Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Divisions of Sport Fish and Commercial Fisheries"--Cover.

"February 2006."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 14).

Also available in electronic format via Internet.

This item was harvested from the Fish and Game web site:  http://www.sf.adfg.state.ak.us/FedAidPDFs/sp06-10.pdf in March 2006 for the Alaska State Publications Program; remote access available via StaticURL.