Strike By West Coast Crab Fishermen Ends After 11 Days

EUREKA, Calif. – An 11-day strike by thousands of West Coast crab fishermen has ended after a successful negotiation of prices with seafood processors.

The agreement reached late Friday will restart the sputtering season for much-sought-after Dungeness crabs in Northern California, Oregon and Washington.

The Humboldt Fishermen’s Marketing Association told KRCR-TV in Eureka, California, that the crabbers had settled on a price of $2.875 per pound of crabs with major buyer Pacific Choice Seafood.

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