King Crab Season 2024. The alaska department of fish and game closed both the bristol bay red king crab and bering sea snow crab seasons last year. Though the regulatory season runs until jan.

The snow crab crisis in alaska first began in early 2022, after biologists discovered an estimated 10 billion crabs disappeared — a 90% plunge in the population. Monstrous crabs with tender meat are abundant in a sea around alaska.