
Red Sea Urchin Historical Harvest Information
Southeast Alaska & Yakutat Commercial Fisheries
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Commercial Red Sea Urchin Harvest, Effort, and Value
Season | Guideline Harvest Level (lb) | Total Landed (lb) | Average Price Per lba | Estimated Exvessel Valueb | Number of Divers | Number of Landings | Average lb per Diver | Average Earnings per Divera |
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1980/81b | Confidential | |||||||
1981/82b | Confidential | |||||||
1982/83b | Confidential | |||||||
1983/84 | --- | 23,303 | $0.12 | $2,796 | 4 | 9 | 5,826 | $699 |
1984/85 | --- | 188,023 | $0.17 | $31,906 | 16 | 84 | 11,751 | $1,994 |
1985/86 | --- | 58,303 | $0.13 | $7,288 | 8 | 32 | 7,288 | $911 |
1986/87 | --- | 890,092 | $0.14 | $125,335 | 26 | 459 | 34,234 | $4,821 |
1987/88b | Confidential | |||||||
1988/89 | --- | 223,883 | $0.41 | $91,106 | 11 | 128 | 20,353 | $8,282 |
1989/90 | --- | 23,617 | $0.25 | $5,833 | 9 | 33 | 2,624 | $648 |
1990/91 | --- | 174,233 | $0.26 | $45,823 | 6 | 91 | 29,039 | $7,637 |
1991/92 | --- | 428,220 | $0.30 | $128,894 | 37 | 256 | 11,574 | $3,484 |
1992/93 | --- | 143,485 | $0.29 | $41,467 | 17 | 108 | 8,440 | $2,439 |
1993/94 | --- | 0 | --- | 0 | 0 | 0 | --- | --- |
1994/95c | 3,000,000 | 2,088,395 | $0.45 | $944,329 | 1 | 1,391 | 2,088,395 | $944,329 |
1995/96c | 877,212 | $0.52 | $458,508 | 1 | 705 | 877,212 | $458,508 | |
1996/97 | 6,093,579 | 4,929,280 | $0.38 | $1,878,056 | 150 | 3,483 | 32,862 | $12,520 |
1997/98 | 4,255,364 | 4,083,877 | $0.34 | $1,408,397 | 129 | 2,465 | 31,658 | $10,918 |
1998/99 | 4,822,700 | 3,075,095 | $0.40 | $1,230,038 | 62 | 1,524 | 49,598 | $19,839 |
1999/00 | 5,748,700 | 2,676,456 | $0.38 | $1,017,053 | 47 | 1,094 | 56,946 | $21,639 |
2000/01 | 6,806,700 | 2,373,993 | $0.36 | $854,637 | 56 | 842 | 42,393 | $15,261 |
2001/02 | 5,689,300 | 2,720,241 | $0.34 | $924,882 | 32 | 995 | 85,008 | $28,903 |
2002/03 | 5,309,900 | 3,578,493 | $0.32 | $1,133,706 | 36 | 1,265 | 99,403 | $31,492 |
2003/04 | 5,095,100 | 2,834,872 | $0.33 | $895,369 | 40 | 1,019 | 70,872 | $22,384 |
2004/05 | 5,518,300 | 1,801,893 | $0.32 | $576,605 | 31 | 651 | 58,125 | $18,600 |
2005/06 | 5,753,100 | 1,024,282 | $0.31 | $317,527 | 17 | 354 | 60,252 | $18,678 |
2006/07 | 5,599,500 | 622,501 | $0.33 | $205,425 | 11 | 209 | 56,591 | $18,675 |
2007/08 | 5,599,500 | 710,718 | $0.36 | $283,030 | 10 | 266 | 71,072 | $23,303 |
2008/09 | 5,440,100 | 354,697 | $0.34 | $125,403 | 9 | 121 | 39,411 | $13,934 |
2009/10 | 5,059,800 | 506,959 | $0.29 | $147,150 | 11 | 201 | 46,087 | $13,377 |
2010/11 | 4,950,000 | 276,745 | $0.34 | $93,913 | 3 | 103 | 92,248 | $31,304 |
2011/12 | 3,274,500 | 160,540 | $0.41 | $65,821 | 3 | 58 | 53,513 | $21,940 |
2012/13 | 3,275,300 | 357,679 | $0.37 | $133,082 | 8 | 125 | 44,710 | $16,635 |
2013/14 | 3,275,300 | 544,591 | $0.47 | $253,410 | 10 | 174 | 54,459 | $25,341 |
2014/15 | 3,310,700 | 634,430 | $0.37 | $231,758 | 12 | 233 | 52,869 | $19,313 |
2015/16 | 3,838,900 | 677,202 | $0.49 | $336,513 | 12 | 314 | 56,434 | $28,043 |
2016/17 | 3,690,000 |