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Written by Doug Schneider
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Tuesday, 22 May 2007 |
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So who's behind this program? A long list of fishing organizations, state and federal resource agencies, coastal communties, and others all play active roles. Here is a list of the major participants, partners and supporters, altough the list is likely to grow.Aleutian Pribilof Island Community Development Association
Alutiiq Pride Shellfish Hatchery
Central Bering Sea Fishermen's Association
Chugach Region Resources Commission
NOAA Aquaculture Program
NOAA Fisheries
United Fishermen's Marketing Association
University of Alaska Fairbanks, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences Alaska Crab Coalition
Alaska State Legislature
Gulf of Alaska Coastal Communities Coalition
Kenai Peninsula Borough
Kodiak Island Borough
Kodiak (city of)
Pribilof Islands, Communities of St. Paul and St. George
Seward (city of)
United Fishermen of Alaska What's happened so far? A lot or progress has been made since the program started back in 2006. You can find the details of everything that's happened to date elsewhere on this web site, but here is a very quick summary. Brood stock for both the red and blue king crab were collected in 2006. From these 30 adult egg-bearnig crab, more than 4 million larvae were hatched in late spring 2007. Right now, scientists, university graduate students and technicians are conducting feeding and density trials at the Alutiiq Pride Shellfish Hatchery in Seward. These studies are aimed at understanding the finer points of feeding requirements for best growth, and understanding how larvae and juvenile crab do under intense cultivation that occurs in a hatchery. Posted by Doug Schneider, Info Officer for Alaska Sea Grant
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