Sea ice is making for slow going for the snow crabbers.
Their boats are tying up at Unalaska's new boat harbor and crews are flying home thanks to ice clogging the fishing grounds west of the Pribilof Islands.
"Not a lot of area left" for the snow crabbers, said biologist Heather Fitch of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in Unalaska.
"It's definitely going to slow things down," agreed Unalaska Natural Resource Analyst Frank Kelty. "This is likely to be the worst season for ice in the Bering Sea in 30 years."
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