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Page 1: SEAK Commercial Tanner Crab · 15 THOMAS BAY •Stock Health Status: Moderate •Male recruit class CPUEs are at or above L-T averages. •Prerecruits and recruits have S-T increasing

SEAK Commercial Tanner Crab Update

2015/2016

King and Tanner Task Force Meeting

May 25, 2016 1

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Chionoecetes_bairdi.jpg

Page 2: SEAK Commercial Tanner Crab · 15 THOMAS BAY •Stock Health Status: Moderate •Male recruit class CPUEs are at or above L-T averages. •Prerecruits and recruits have S-T increasing

Tanner Crab Harvest Strategy

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5 AAC. 35.113

Page 3: SEAK Commercial Tanner Crab · 15 THOMAS BAY •Stock Health Status: Moderate •Male recruit class CPUEs are at or above L-T averages. •Prerecruits and recruits have S-T increasing

• Landed Poundage: 1,306,416 lb

• Number of Crab: 519,561

• Total Permits with Landings: 60 Pot/14 Ring

• Core Poundage: 84% of Total Harvest

• Non-Core Poundage: 16% of Total Harvest

• Average CPUE – Pot: 15.8

• Average CPUE – Ring: 1.2

• Average $/LB – $2.23

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2015/2016 Commercial Tanner Season Summary

Page 4: SEAK Commercial Tanner Crab · 15 THOMAS BAY •Stock Health Status: Moderate •Male recruit class CPUEs are at or above L-T averages. •Prerecruits and recruits have S-T increasing

Last two seasons’ harvest by district:

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Commercial Tanner Season Summary 2013/14 and 2014/15

*Confidential data: Less than 3 Permit Holders

District 2014/15 2015/16 5 0 * 6 19,863 27,891 7 * * 8 48,346 44,040 9 * 14,236

10 132,680 259,302 11 748,332 524,269 12 22,747 35,142 13 37,628 27,433 14 209,969 221,820 15 194,346 150,445

Total 1,421,863 1,306,416

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Page 6: SEAK Commercial Tanner Crab · 15 THOMAS BAY •Stock Health Status: Moderate •Male recruit class CPUEs are at or above L-T averages. •Prerecruits and recruits have S-T increasing

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District 2006/2007 2007/2008 2008/2009 2009/2010 2010/2011 2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014 2014/2015 2015/2016 10-yr Average 5 0.0 - 0.0 - - - - 0.0 - - 0.0 6 4.7 3.0 11.3 3.7 7.6 1.5 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.4 3.3 7 0.1 0.1 1.1 - 0.8 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.3 8 23.8 13.2 15.4 11.8 9.5 25.6 20.4 6.6 9.3 6.8 14.2 9 0.1 0.0 0.0 2.8 1.3 1.2 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.8 0.7

10 5.3 6.6 11.8 3.4 6.0 9.1 7.2 2.9 2.8 3.6 5.9 11 11.0 9.0 18.7 8.9 8.2 6.5 9.5 8.7 14.2 13.6 10.9 12 0.1 1.0 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.4 0.5 0.4 13 0.0 0.0 1.1 5.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 14 0.0 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.0 2.2 0.9 2.4 0.7 15 28.2 22.9 16.0 36.4 18.3 31.2 18.4 30.1 42.7 36.6 28.1

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Page 8: SEAK Commercial Tanner Crab · 15 THOMAS BAY •Stock Health Status: Moderate •Male recruit class CPUEs are at or above L-T averages. •Prerecruits and recruits have S-T increasing

Estimated SEAK Mature Tanner Crab Biomass:

2015/2016

Estimated: 5.69 Million Lb

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2015/2016

LEGALLY Harvested Tanner Crab 1,306,416 Lb

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Questions?

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Page 10: SEAK Commercial Tanner Crab · 15 THOMAS BAY •Stock Health Status: Moderate •Male recruit class CPUEs are at or above L-T averages. •Prerecruits and recruits have S-T increasing

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Page 11: SEAK Commercial Tanner Crab · 15 THOMAS BAY •Stock Health Status: Moderate •Male recruit class CPUEs are at or above L-T averages. •Prerecruits and recruits have S-T increasing

• 2015 Changes to Survey:

o Port Camden and Port Frederick removed from survey.

o Stephens Passage was removed from Tanner crab survey, but is still part of red king crab survey.

• Overall: There was a 0.34 million pound increase in legal male Tanner crab (~12% increase) from 2014.

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Page 12: SEAK Commercial Tanner Crab · 15 THOMAS BAY •Stock Health Status: Moderate •Male recruit class CPUEs are at or above L-T averages. •Prerecruits and recruits have S-T increasing

• Tanner Crab Survey Areas: Icy Strait

Glacier Bay Thomas Bay Holkham Bay

• Red King Crab Survey Areas: Stephens Passage

Seymour Canal North Juneau Excursion Inlet

Pybus Bay Gambier Bay

Peril Strait Lynn Sisters

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Page 13: SEAK Commercial Tanner Crab · 15 THOMAS BAY •Stock Health Status: Moderate •Male recruit class CPUEs are at or above L-T averages. •Prerecruits and recruits have S-T increasing

ICY STRAIT

• Stock Health Status: Poor

• All male recruit class CPUEs down.

• Mature female CPUE down.

• % Females with poor clutch fullness below 10% level.

• Legal biomass estimate in 2015 lowest since inception of the crab surveys.

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GLACIER BAY

• Stock Health Status: Above Average • No short-term (S-T) increasing trends

in CPUE.

• All recruit class CPUE at long-term (L-T) average.

• % females with poor clutch fullness was below 10% threshold.

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THOMAS BAY

• Stock Health Status: Moderate • Male recruit class CPUEs are at or above

L-T averages.

• Prerecruits and recruits have S-T increasing trends.

• Mature female CPUE below L-T average.

• % of females with poor clutch fullness is not significantly different from 10%.

Mature male

CP

UE

(cat

ch /

pot)

0

5

10

15

20

25PrerecruitRecruitPostrecruit

Mature female

CP

UE

(cat

ch /

pot)

0

20

40

60

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Clutch fullness

% P

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20

30

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Tota

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20

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60

80

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% Poor clutch Total % clutch

THOMAS BAY

Tanner crab biomass

Season / Year

97-98

99-00

01-02

03-04

05-06

07-08

09-10

11-12

13-14

15-16

17-18

Lega

l bio

mas

s (1

000

lbs)

0

50

100

150

200CSA Commercial harvest

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HOLKHAM BAY

• Stock Health Status: Healthy • No significant S-T trends in either

direction in all recruit class CPUEs.

• All male recruit class CPUEs are above L-T averages.

• Mature female CPUEs remain stable.

• % of females with poor clutch fullness was low and falling below L-T average of 10%

Mature male

CP

UE

(cat

ch /

pot)

0

5

10

15

20

Prerecruit RecruitPostrecruit

Mature female

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25

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Tota

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0

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% Poor clutch Total % clutch

HOLKHAM BAY

Tanner crab biomass

Season / Year

97-98

99-00

01-02

03-04

05-06

07-08

09-10

11-12

13-14

15-16

17-18

Lega

l bio

mas

s (1

000

lbs)

0

100

200

300

400CSA Commercial harvest

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STEPHENS PASSAGE

• Stock Health Status: Healthy • Increasing S-T trends in recruit CPUE

and all recruit class CPUEs are at or above L-T averages.

• Prerecruits and recruits have S-T increasing trends.

• % of females with poor clutch fullness is

less than 10% threshold.

Mature female

CP

UE

(ca

tch

/ pot

)

0

5

10

15

20

Clutch fullness

% P

oor

clut

ches

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10

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Tota

l % fu

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% Poor clutch Total % clutch

STEPHENS PASSAGE

Tanner crab biomass

Season / Year

97-9

899

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-0203

-0405

-0607

-0809

-1011

-1213

-1415

-1617

-18

Lega

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mas

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CSA Commercial harvest

Mature male

CP

UE

(ca

tch

/ pot

)

0

5

10

15

20

PrerecruitRecruitPostrecruit

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SEYMOUR CANAL

• Stock Health Status: Healthy • All CPUEs were at or above their L-T

averages.

• Increasing S-T trends seen in both mature female and pre-recruit CPUE.

• Increasing trends in pre-recruits and mature male CPUEs for L-T averages.

• % of females with poor clutch fullness is well below 10% long-term average threshold.

Mature male

CP

UE

(cat

ch /

pot)

0

5

10

15

20

Prerecruit Recruit Postrecruit

Mature female

CP

UE

(cat

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pot)

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5

10

15

20

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% P

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lutc

hes

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Tota

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20

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60

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% Poor clutch Total % clutch

SEYMOUR CANAL

Tanner crab biomass

Season / Year

97-98

99-00

01-02

03-04

05-06

07-08

09-10

11-12

13-14

15-16

17-18

Lega

l bio

mas

s (1

000

lbs)

0

100

200

300

400

500

CSA Commercial harvest

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NORTH JUNEAU

• Stock Health Status: Above Average • Decreases in mature male CPUEs

• All CPUEs at or above L-T averages, but

decreases could indicate decreasing stock health.

• % of females with poor clutch fullness is less than 10% long-term average threshold.

Mature male

CP

UE

(cat

ch /

pot)

0

5

10

15

20

Prerecruit Recruit Postrecruit

Mature female

CP

UE

(cat

ch /

pot)

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10

15

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% P

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30

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Tota

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20

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60

80

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% Poor clutch Total % clutch

NORTH JUNEAU

Tanner crab biomass

Season / Year

97-98

99-00

01-02

03-04

05-06

07-08

09-10

11-12

13-14

15-16

17-18

Lega

l bio

mas

s (1

000

lbs)

0

100

200

300

400

CSA Commercial harvest

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EXCURSION INLET

• Stock Health Status: Above Average • Recruit CPUEs S-T trend increasing.

• Pre-recruit and post-recruit CPUEs above

L-T averages.

• Post-recruit and mature female CPUEs have decreasing S-T trends.

• % of females with poor clutch fullness is less than 10%.

Mature male

CP

UE

(cat

ch /

pot)

0

5

10

15

20

Prerecruit Recruit Postrecruit

Mature female

CP

UE

(cat

ch /

pot)

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20

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40

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% P

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lutc

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l % fu

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20

40

60

80

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% Poor clutch Total % clutch

EXCURSION INLET

Tanner crab biomass

Season / Year

97-98

99-00

01-02

03-04

05-06

07-08

09-10

11-12

13-14

15-16

17-18

Lega

l bio

mas

s (lb

s)0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

CSA Commercial harvest

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PYBUS BAY

• Stock Health Status: Healthy

• All recruit class CPUEs above L-T averages.

• Increasing S-T trends in pre-recruit, recruit, and mature female CPUEs

• % of females with poor clutch fullness was less than 10%.

Mature male

CP

UE

(cat

ch /

pot)

0

5

10

15

20

Prerecruit Recruit Postrecruit

Mature female

CP

UE

(cat

ch /

pot)

0

10

20

30

40

Clutch fullness

% P

oor c

lutc

hes

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10

20

30

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Tota

l % fu

llnes

s

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20

40

60

80

100

% Poor clutch Total % clutch

PYBUS BAY

Tanner crab biomass

Season / Year

97-98

99-00

01-02

03-04

05-06

07-08

09-10

11-12

13-14

15-16

17-18

Lega

l bio

mas

s (1

000

lbs)

0

30

60

90

120

150CSA Commercial harvest

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GAMBIER BAY

• Stock Health Status: Above Average • CPUEs of pre-and post-recruits at or above

L-T averages.

• Increasing S-T trends in pre-recruit, recruit, and mature female CPUEs.

• Recruit CPUE is below L-T average.

• % of females with poor clutch fullness was less than 10%.

Mature male

CP

UE

(cat

ch /

pot)

0

5

10

15

20

Prerecruit Recruit Postrecruit

Mature female

CP

UE

(cat

ch /

pot)

0

5

10

15

20

Clutch fullness

% P

oor c

lutc

hes

0

10

20

30

40

50

Tota

l % fu

llnes

s

0

20

40

60

80

100

% Poor clutch Total % clutch

GAMBIER BAY

Tanner crab biomass

Season / Year

97-98

99-00

01-02

03-04

05-06

07-08

09-10

11-12

13-14

15-16

17-18

Lega

l bio

mas

s (1

000

lbs)

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

CSA Commercial harvest

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PERIL STRAIT

• Stock Health Status: Moderate • All male recruit class CPUEs are at L-T

averages, but decreased.

• No short term trends in CPUEs.

• Recruit CPUE is below L-T average.

• % of females with poor clutch fullness was less than 10%.

Mature male

CP

UE

(cat

ch /

pot)

0

5

10

15

20

Prerecruit Recruit Postrecruit

Mature female

CP

UE

(cat

ch /

pot)

0

5

10

15

20

Clutch fullness

% P

oor c

lutc

hes

0

10

20

30

40

50

Tota

l % fu

llnes

s

0

20

40

60

80

100

% Poor clutch Total % clutch

PERIL STRAIT

Tanner crab biomass

Season / Year97

-9899

-0001

-0203

-0405

-0607

-0809

-1011

-1213

-1415

-1617

-18Le

gal b

iom

ass

(100

0 lb

s)0

40

80

120

160

200

CSA Commercial harvest

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LYNN SISTERS

• Stock Health Status: Healthy • CPUEs of pre-recruits and recruits

above L-T averages.

• Post-recruit and mature female CPUEs at L-T averages.

• % of females with poor clutch fullness was less than 10%.

Mature male

CP

UE

(cat

ch /

pot)

0

5

10

15

20

Prerecruit Recruit Postrecruit

Mature female

CP

UE

(cat

ch /

pot)

0

5

10

15

20

Clutch fullness

% P

oor c

lutc

hes

0

10

20

30

40

50

Tota

l % fu

llnes

s

0

20

40

60

80

100

% Poor clutch Total % clutch

LYNN SISTERS

Tanner crab biomass

Season / Year97

-9899

-0001

-0203

-0405

-0607

-0809

-1011

-1213

-1415

-1617

-18Le

gal b

iom

ass

(100

0 lb

s)0

10

20

30

40

50

60

CSA Commercial harvest