Unalaska, AK – We're three weeks away from the opening of the Aleutian Islands' commercial golden king crab fishery - the open date is August 15th, and the fishery will close nine months later on May 15. Preseason inspections will be available in Dutch Harbor starting August 10 and vessel registration will being August 12th.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced that total allowable catch will remain just shy of 6 million pounds, the same as last year's limit. They limit has been stable for a decade now, and has never gone above 6 million pounds or below 5.7 million pounds.

The community development quota is 315,000 pounds, and the Adak community allocation is 283,500 pounds.