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Anita Kroska
451:32 - 452:28
"The council is considering management actions that can serve and protect Tanner crab while minimizing negative impacts on the Central Gulf of Alaska groundfish fisheries, including establishing a new groundfish fishing area closure on the east side of Kodiak Island in areas known to have high densities and abundance of Tanner crab, and considering a process to evaluate the effectiveness of the existing Gulf of Alaska Tanner crab protection areas around Kodiak Island and determine whether modifications are needed."
“The council is considering management actions that can serve and protect Tanner crab while minimizing negative impacts on the Central Gulf of Alaska groundfish fisheries, including establishing a new groundfish fishing area closure on the east side of Kodiak Island in areas known to have high densities and abundance of Tanner crab, and considering a process to evaluate the effectiveness of the existing Gulf of Alaska Tanner crab protection areas around Kodiak Island and determine whether modifications are needed.”
- Speaker
- Anita Kroska
- Timestamp
- 451:32 – 452:28
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- June 6, 2026
From the transcript
This slide speaks to some of the background and purpose and need for this action. Um, some of the key considerations, uh, considered at the time are listed in the top bullets that I won't read verbatim. They're just there for your reference. This ultimately resulted in this action today, and I wanted to read through these just really briefly to remind us what we are looking at. The council is considering management actions that can serve and protect Tanner crab while minimizing negative impacts on the Central Gulf of Alaska groundfish fisheries, including establishing a new groundfish fishing area closure on the east side of Kodiak Island in areas known to have high densities and abundance of Tanner crab, and considering a process to evaluate the effectiveness of the existing Gulf of Alaska Tanner crab protection areas around Kodiak Island and determine whether modifications are needed.