Summary of the Interagency Crab Research Meeting, held December 13-15, 2006

This report summarizes the 13th annual Interagency Crab Research Meeting, held December 13-15, 2006 in Anchorage, Alaska. There were approximately 50 participants representing the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, the National Marine Fisheries Service, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, the School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, the University of Alaska Southeast, and the School of Aquatic and Fisheries Science of the University of Washington. The guest speaker was Dr. David Armstrong, who spoke on recent snow crab research in eastern the Bering Sea. Twenty-two additional presentations were made providing updates of ongoing crab research.