Despite protests by groups like PSA, the crabbing seasons are still unpreddictable and will start in June I believe. The seasons were closed early due to what WDFW thought was overharvest by sports crabbers. Since then the commercials have been on the water 24/7 and still are out there. I find it hard to believe that they aren't scouring the sound of crab. I think we will probably see a new CRC...Catch Record Card this year adding a $3 fee to the license tally. This will allow a more precise count of the sports catch and hopefully allow a more stable sports crabbing season. In the meantime the tribes are glutting the market with crab and I have heard reports of dumping crab due to lack of a market....but they are still out there with 100 pots per boat.