{"id":14217,"date":"2017-07-24T00:15:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T07:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/fish-and-game-opens-red-king-crab-fishing-off-juneau-next-week\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T16:48:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T00:48:32","slug":"fish-and-game-opens-red-king-crab-fishing-off-juneau-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/2017\/07\/24\/fish-and-game-opens-red-king-crab-fishing-off-juneau-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Fish and Game opens red king crab fishing off Juneau next week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Juneau fishermen looking for good news might find it in a crab claw.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday afternoon, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced that a long-closed personal-use red king crab fishery will open for four days at the end of the month.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adfg.alaska.gov\/static\/applications\/dcfnewsrelease\/832951950.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">According to the department<\/a>, king crab fishing will open in Section 11A at 6 a.m. Thursday, July 27. Fishing will stay open through 8 p.m. Monday, July 31.<\/p>\n<p>Section 11A includes all waters around Juneau and Douglas Island, and it stretches from Point Bishop to Little Island Light off the northern end of Lincoln Island.<\/p>\n<p>Fishery managers decided to allow a small king crab harvest near Juneau after the annual crab survey turned up good results.<\/p>\n<p>Fishermen interested in catching king crab must obtain a household permit from the Douglas Fish and Game office starting at 8 a.m. Monday. Permits are not available online.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with a household permit can catch two male crab during the four-day season. Each fishing boat is allowed to carry one crab pot or two ring nets.<\/p>\n<p>When a fisherman hits the limit, the household permit must be returned to Fish and Game immediately, or by Sept. 30.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, call 465-4250.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juneau fishermen looking for good news might find it in a crab claw. 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