What are the rationalized crab (“CR Crab”) fisheries?
Most king and Tanner crab fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands are now “rationalized crab fisheries” – “CR Crab”. This includes the IFQ/IPQ fisheries; the CDQ crab fisheries (except in Norton Sound), and the allocation of golden king crab to the Community of Adak. A few BSAI king and Tanner crab fisheries remain under the License Limitation Program (LLP). Federal regulations that govern the rationalized crab fisheries are found primarily at 50 CFR Part 680; Federal regulations are available on the Internet at: http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/regs/summary.htm. More Frequently Asked Questions about the program (not eLandings) are available on the Crab Rationalization website at: http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/sustainablefisheries/crab/crfaq.
Most king and Tanner crab fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands are now “rationalized crab fisheries” – “CR Crab”. This includes the IFQ/IPQ fisheries; the CDQ crab fisheries (except in Norton Sound), and the allocation of golden king crab to the Community of Adak. A few BSAI king and Tanner crab fisheries remain under the License Limitation Program (LLP). Federal regulations that govern the rationalized crab fisheries are found primarily at 50 CFR Part 680; Federal regulations are available on the Internet at: http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/regs/summary.htm. More Frequently Asked Questions about the program (not eLandings) are available on the Crab Rationalization website.
Most king and Tanner crab fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands are now “rationalized crab fisheries” – “CR Crab”. This includes the IFQ/IPQ fisheries; the CDQ crab fisheries (except in Norton Sound), and the allocation of golden king crab to the Community of Adak. A few BSAI king and Tanner crab fisheries remain under the License Limitation Program (LLP). The Program applies to the following BSAI crab fisheries: • Bristol Bay red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) • Western Aleutian Islands (Adak) golden king crab (Lithodes aequispinus) west of 174 W. long. • Eastern Aleutian Islands (Dutch Harbor) golden king crab- east of 174 W. long. • Western Aleutian Islands (Adak) red king crab west of 179 W. long. • Pribilof Islands blue king crab (P. platypus) and red king crab • St. Matthew Island blue king crab • Bering Sea snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) • Eastern Bering Sea Tanner crab (C. bairdi) – east of 166° W Long • Western Bering Sea Tanner crab (C.
