Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Another case of undersized king crab in Petersburg

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Petersburg
Type: Undersized king crab
On 3/24/26 at approximately 1000 hours, Alaska Wildlife Troopers conducted an offload inspection of golden king crab at Silver Bay Seafoods in Petersburg. F/V Ocean Summer offloaded a total of 91 golden king crab. Through investigation, six of the crabs offloaded were undersized. A mandatory court citation was issued to the permit holder.

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Undersized king crab seized at Petersburg

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Petersburg
Type: Undersized king crab
On 3/3/26 Alaska Wildlife Troopers conducted a golden king crab offload inspection during the offloading of crab from the F/V Sara Dawn at the Silver Bay Seafoods pier in Petersburg. During the routine size verification process, troopers identified 21 undersized golden king crab. The undersized crab were seized and subsequently donated to charity. A mandatory court appearance citation was issued in connection with this violation.