The crab season is underway and current projections indicate a strong year. One Dungeness crab fishery in Southeast Alaska, which opened in June, anticipates near record landings of six million pounds. On August 15th, the golden king crab fishery opened in the Bering Sea where the guideline harvest level was set at six million pounds as well. Alaska���s largest red king crab fishery, in Bristol Bay, will open in mid-October; the state will release the crab catch levels in September.