The Bristol Bay red king crab season scheduled to get under way Oct. 15 is set for another increase, rising 14 percent, from 8.6 million pounds last season to 10 million pounds this year, including 10 percent for community development quotas.

The quota was up 9 percent last year, from 7.8 million pounds.

The St. Matthews blue king crab season will re-open this year with a cautious quota of 655,000 pounds, after being closed last year.

That fishery has been fairly variable since re-opening in 2010 after a ten year hiatus with a 1.6 million pound quota, rising to 2.4 million pounds in 2011, and falling back to 1.6 million in 2012 before last season’s closure.

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