We are a week into the 2011 Red Crab Fishery, and the fleet is on the Crab. The Crab is clean, and Skippers are seeing great numbers in their gear. We spent some time with our friends on the F/V Arctic Sea who came in with 300k. Captain Owen had strings with 70 – 120 Legal Males per pot. It’s looking like the quota will be caught by next weekend. The plants are booked with scheduled deliveries everyday this week as everyone is on the Crab. Reports from the Fleet are that water temperatures are where they were 5 years ago unlike the abnormally cold water they have been seeing the past 4 years.
