As the once-lucrative Bering Sea crab harvest resumes, Alaska fishermen face challenges

Yereth Rosen

COMMERCIAL FISHING

Alaska Beacon

In the short term, Alaska crab fishermen and the communities that depend on them will get a slight reprieve from the disastrous conditions they have endured for the past two years, with harvests for iconic red king crab to open on Sunday.

In the long term, the future for Bering Sea crab and the people who depend on it is clouded by environmental and economic upheaval.

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