Alaska’s Snow Crab Season Canceled for Second Year in a Row
January 10, 2024 | 1 min to read
In Kodiak, Alaska, fisherman Gabriel Prout is thankful for a limited amount of king crab but is increasingly concerned about the cancellation of the snow crab season for the second consecutive year. This cancellation has left the local fishing community in a state of panic as they grapple with the financial implications, as Alaska's fisheries contribute 60% of the nation's seafood. The situation has shifted from confusion to urgent survival mode.
Gabriel Prout is grateful for a modest haul of king crab, but it’s the vanishing of another crustacean variety that has the fishing port in Kodiak, Alaska, bracing for financial fallout; for the second year in a row, the lucrative snow crab season has been canceled.
“We’re still definitely in survival mode trying to find a way to stay in business,” he told CBS News.
When the season was canceled last year, there was a sense of confusion among the Alaska crab fisher community. Now, a sense of panic is taking hold in the state’s fisheries, which produce 60% of the nation’s seafood.
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