Bering Sea crabbers got good news and bad news last week when catch quotas were announced for fisheries that open next week. 
The bad news:  the catch for Alaska&rsquo;s most famous crab fishery &ndash; Bristol Bay red kings &ndash; was slashed by 47 percent to just 7.8 million pounds. Crabbers were expecting a reduced harvest, but they were shocked by the big drop.   
The crab harvest is the second lowest since 2001 when 7.1 million pounds were taken, according to Wayne Donaldson, a longtime crab biologist at ADF&amp;#038;G in Kodiak. 