Commercial Shellfish Fisheries
Southeast Alaska & Yakutat

Announcements

Shrimp

• Southeast Alaska 2025/26 Commercial Beam Trawl Shrimp Fishery Season (PDF 150 kB) - 4/24/25
• Southeast Alaska Commercial Shrimp Pot Fishery Announcement (PDF 318 kB) - 4/18/25
• Section 13-C Hoonah Sound Subsistence Shrimp Fishery Opening (PDF 409 kB) - 4/15/25
• Southeast Alaska Commercial Shrimp Beam Trawl Fishery Closure (PDF 120 kB) - 2/26/25
• 2024/25 Southeast Alaska Commercial Shrimp Pot Fishery Closure (PDF 247 kB) - 2/20/25

Dungeness Crab

• 2025/26 Southeast Alaska Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery (PDF 898 kB) - 4/10/25
• 2025/26 Yakutat Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery To Remain Closed (PDF 232 kB) - 4/10/25
• Southeast Alaska Commercial Dungeness Crab Season Closure (PDF 214 kB) - 2/24/25

King Crab

• 2025 Southeast Alaska Commercial Golden King Crab Fishery North Stephens Passage Area Closure (PDF 49 kB) - 4/6/25
• 2025 Southeast Alaska Commercial Golden King Crab Fishery Mid-Chatham Strait Area Closure (PDF 48 kB) - 3/20/25
• 2025 Southeast Alaska Commercial Golden King Crab Fishery Icy Strait Area Closure (PDF 49 kB) - 3/4/25
• 2025 Southeast Alaska Commercial Golden King Crab Fishery Northern Area Closure (PDF 49 kB) - 3/3/25
• 2025 Southeast Alaska Commercial Golden King Crab Fishery East Central Area Closure (PDF 213 kB) - 2/20/25

Tanner Crab

• 2025 Southeast Alaska Commercial Tanner Crab Fishing Season (PDF 239 kB) - 2/16/25

Harvest

Dungeness Crab

• Dungeness Crab Harvest — Registration Area A (Southeast Alaska)
• Dungeness Crab Harvest — Registration Area D (Yakutat)

Tanner Crab

• 2022 Commercial Tanner Crab Fishery (PDF 59 kB)
• Tanner Crab Harvest — Registration Area A (Southeast Alaska)
• Tanner Crab Harvest — Registration Area D (Yakutat)

Red and Blue King Crab

• Red & Blue King Crab Harvest — Registration Area A (Southeast Alaska)
• Red & Blue King Crab Harvest — Registration Area D (Yakutat)

Golden (Brown) King Crab

• Golden King Crab Harvest

Shrimp

• Beam Trawl Shrimp Harvest
• Pot Shrimp Harvest

Scallop

• Weathervane Scallop Harvest — Registration Area D & District 16

Statewide Harvest

• Shrimp Exvessel Prices
• Statewide Crab Exvessel Prices

Meetings

• Southeast Shellfish Meetings

Harvest Strategy

• Summary of Recommendations and Plans for the 2025/26 Commercial Pot Shrimp Fishery (PDF 436 kB)
• Golden King Crab Harvest Strategy (PDF 3,283 kB)

Annual Management Reports

• Management Report for Southeast Alaska and Yakutat Red and Blue King Crab Fisheries, 2017/18–2019/20 (PDF 1,934 kB)
• Management Report for the Southeast Alaska and Yakutat Golden King Crab Fisheries, 2017/18–2019/20 (PDF 1,647 kB)
• Annual Management Report for the 2016/2017 Southeast Alaska/Yakutat Dungeness Crab Fisheries (PDF 1,133 kB)
• 2015 Annual Management Report for Southeast Alaska and Yakutat Shrimp Fisheries (PDF 2,174 kB)
• Annual Management Report for the 2016/2017 Southeast Alaska/Yakutat Red and Blue King Crab Fisheries (PDF 1,831 kB)
• Annual Management Report for the 2016/2017 Southeast Alaska and Yakutat Tanner Crab Fisheries (PDF 1,882 kB)
• Annual Management Report for the 2016/2017 Southeast Alaska/Yakutat Golden King Crab Fisheries (PDF 683 kB)

Regional Information Reports:

• 2021 Southeast Alaska Tanner Crab Stock Health Assessment and Management Plan for the 2022 Season (PDF 12,904 kB)
• 2021 Southeast Alaska Red King Crab Stock Health Assessment and Management Plan for the 2021/2022 Season (PDF 8,863 kB)
• 2020 Golden King Crab Stock Status and Management Plan for the 2020/21 Season (PDF 6,727 kB)
• 2020 Southeast Alaska Red King Crab Stock Health Assessment and Management Plan for the 2020/2021 Season (PDF 8,980 kB)
• 2019 Golden King Crab Stock Status and Management Plan for the 2019/2020 Season (PDF 1,736 kB)
• 2019 Southeast Alaska Red King Crab Stock Health Assessment and Management Plan for the 2019/2020 Season (PDF 9,288 kB)
• Southeast Alaska Tanner crab survey and stock health prior to the 2011/2012 season (PDF 3,588 kB)
• Southeast Alaska Tanner crab survey and stock health prior to the 2010/11 season (PDF 3,129 kB)
• Southeast Alaska golden king crab onboard observer program report for 1998 through 2010 seasons (PDF 1,436 kB)
• Southeast Alaska golden king crab onboard observer program methods (PDF 2,497 kB)

Search for Reports

Maps

Statewide Maps

• Shrimp Management Activities
• Statistical Area Maps

Golden King Crab

• Golden King Crab Management Areas (PDF 521 kB)
• Golden King Crab Management, Northern Area (PDF 607 kB)
• Golden King Crab Management, Southern Area (PDF 633 kB)

Red King Crab

• Red King Crab Management Areas (PDF 945 kB)

Tanner Crab

• Tanner Crab Management Areas (PDF 775 kB)
• Tanner Crab Management, Northern Area (PDF 737 kB)
• Tanner Crab Management, Southern Area (PDF 1,005 kB)

Dungeness Crab

• Dungeness Crab Closures, Northern Area (PDF 533 kB)
• Dungeness Crab Closures, Southern Area (PDF 560 kB)

Beam Trawl

• Beam Trawl Management Areas (PDF 1,904 kB)
• Beam Trawl Management, Northern Area (PDF 511 kB)
• Beam Trawl Management, Southern Area (PDF 1,570 kB)

Shrimp Pot

• Shrimp Pot Fishing Areas, Northern Area (PDF 932 kB)
• Shrimp Pot Fishing Areas, Southern Area (PDF 1,057 kB)

Salmon and Shellfish Statistical Area Maps

• Map 5 - Southeast AK Salmon/Shellfish (PDF 8,533 kB)
  • Map 5a - Juneau Area (PDF 4,859 kB)
  • Map 5b - Ketchikan Area (PDF 3,745 kB)
  • Map 5c - Petersburg Area (PDF 6,350 kB)
  • Map 5d - Sitka Area (PDF 3,332 kB)
  • Map 5e - Yakutat Area (PDF 1,325 kB)
• Map 4 - Southeast AK King & Tanner Crab (PDF 8,414 kB)

Research

• Red King Crab
• Golden King Crab
• Tanner Crab
• Dungeness Crab
• Pot Shrimp Fishery
• Trawl Shrimp Fishery
• Weathervane Scallop

Research Operational Plans

• Operational Plan: Southeast Alaska Red King Crab Pot Survey, 2018-2022 (PDF 8,002 kB)
• Operational Plan: Southeast Alaska Tanner Crab Survey (PDF 3,197 kB)