Commercial Shellfish Fisheries
Southeast Alaska & Yakutat

Announcements

Shrimp

• Southeast Alaska 2026/27 Commercial Beam Trawl Shrimp Fishery Season (PDF 267 kB) - 4/28/26
• Southeast Alaska Commercial Shrimp Pot Fishery Announcement (PDF 410 kB) - 4/17/26
• Southeast Alaska Sport, Personal Use, and Subsistence Fisheries Closure (PDF 194 kB) - 2/26/26
• Southeast Alaska Commercial Shrimp Beam Trawl Fishery Closure (PDF 236 kB) - 2/25/26
• 2025/26 Southeast Alaska Commercial Shrimp Pot Fishery Closure (PDF 274 kB) - 2/20/26

Dungeness Crab

• 2026/27 Southeast Alaska Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery (PDF 902 kB) - 4/6/26
• 2026/27 Yakutat Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery To Remain Closed (PDF 235 kB) - 4/6/26
• Southeast Alaska Commercial Dungeness Crab Season Closure (PDF 215 kB) - 2/24/26

King Crab

• 2026 Southeast Alaska Commercial Golden King Crab Fishery Lower Northern Area Closure (PDF 198 kB) - 4/3/26
• 2026 Southeast Alaska Commercial Golden King Crab Fishery Mid-Chatham Strait Area Closure (PDF 212 kB) - 3/23/26
• 2026 southeast alaska commercial golden king crab fishery east central area closure (PDF 198 kB) - 3/7/26
• 2026 Southeast Alaska Commercial Golden King Crab Fishery Upper Northern Area Closure (PDF 198 kB) - 3/6/26
• 2026 Southeast Alaska Commercial Golden King Crab Fishery Icy Strait Area Closure (PDF 199 kB) - 2/23/26
• Commercial Tanner and Golden King crab Fishery weather delay (PDF 199 kB) - 2/16/26
• 2025/2026 Juneau Area (Section 11-A) Winter Personal Use Red And Blue King Crab Fishery Extension (PDF 222 kB) - 1/13/26
• 2025 Southeast Alaska Commercial Red And Blue King Crab Fishery Closure (PDF 198 kB) - 1/6/26

Tanner Crab

• 2026 SOUTHEAST ALASKA COMMERCIAL TANNER CRAB CORE AREA CLOSURE UPDATE (PDF 261 kB) - 2/21/26
• 2026 Southeast Alaska Commercial Tanner Crab Fishing Season (PDF 242 kB) - 2/18/26
• Commercial Tanner and Golden King crab Fishery weather delay (PDF 199 kB) - 2/16/26

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

• 2026/27 Shrimp Pot Fishery Guideline Harvest Level (GHL) Memo (PDF 507 kB)
• 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)

Regional Information Reports

• 2025–2026 Southeast Alaska red king crab stock assessment and management plan. (PDF 9,604 kB)
• 2024–2025 Southeast Alaska Tanner crab stock assessment and management plan. (PDF 6,723 kB)
• 2024–2025 Southeast Alaska red king crab stock assessment and management plan. (PDF 4,559 kB)

Regional Operational Plans

• Operational plan: Southeast Alaska summer crab pot survey and red king crab stock assessment, 2023–2027. (PDF 9,742 kB)
• Operational plan: Southeast Alaska summer crab pot survey and red king crab stock assessment, 2023–2027. (PDF 9,421 kB)
• Operational plan: Southeast Alaska fall crab pot survey and Tanner crab stock assessment. (PDF 5,083 kB)

Fishery Management Reports

• Management Report for Southeast and Yakutat Dungeness, Tanner, Golden King, and Red King Crab Fisheries, 2021–2023. (PDF 6,419 kB)

Search for Reports

Maps

Statewide Maps

• Shrimp Management Activities
• Statistical Area Maps

Golden King Crab

• Golden King Crab Management Areas (PDF 841 kB)
• Golden King Crab Management, Northern Area (PDF 662 kB)
• Golden King Crab Management, Southern Area (PDF 697 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)