Adult blue king crab
Monday, 04 December 2006
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St. Paul blue crabs

Blue king crab caught by fishermen in November 2006 as part of the Alaska King Crab Research and Rehabilitation Program, an effort aimed at understanding the large-scale culturing needs of crab with the goal of one day restoring depleted wild king crab stocks around Alaska's Kodiak Island and Pribilof Islands. Photo credit: Celeste Leroux, Alaska Sea Grant.

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Blue crab up close Blue king crab caught by fishermen in November 2006 as part of the Alaska King Crab Research and Rehabilitation Program, an effort aimed at understanding the large-scale culturing needs of crab with the goal of one day restoring depleted wild king crab stocks around Alaska's Kodiak Island and Pribilof Islands. Photo credit: Celeste Leroux, Alaska Sea Grant. st-paul-blue-close.jpg
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Jeff Sleer, fisheries observer Jeff Sleer, federal fisheries observer, holds a Pribilof blue king crab caught by fishermen as part of the Alaska King Crab Research and Rehabilitation Program, an effort aimed at understanding the large-scale culturing needs of crab with the goal of one day restoring depleted wild king crab stocks around Alaska's Kodiak Island and Pribilof Islands. Photo credit: Celeste Leroux, Alaska Sea Grant. sleer.jpg
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Pair of blue crabs Blue king crab caught by fishermen in November 2006 as part of the Alaska King Crab Research and Rehabilitation Program, an effort aimed at understanding the large-scale culturing needs of crab with the goal of one day restoring depleted wild king crab stocks around Alaska's Kodiak Island and Pribilof Islands. Photo credit: Celeste Leroux, Alaska Sea Grant. st-paul-blue-pair.jpg
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capturing blue king crab Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory agent Heidi Herter and Little Diomede Island resident Opik Akinga pull a crab pot up through the ice in April 2008, in an effort to capture female blue king crab with ripe eggs. (Photo by Deborah Mercy.) blue-king-capture.jpg
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