PORTLAND (AP) — A federal regulatory council has decided to keep the rules for the Atlantic deep-sea red crab fishery at status quo in the near future and says the fishery is currently stable.
The red crabs are used as food and have been harvested by fishermen from Maine to Virginia for years.
The New England Fishery Management Council says catch levels in the fishery will be maintained at status quo for the next three years because of the “stable biological and economic state of the fishery.”
The annual catch limit for the next three years will be 1,775 metric tons. Regulators say there has been no discernible change in the size of the red crab stock in recent years.
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