“I never in my wildest dreams thought that we’re gonna get offered $2.50, it really is a slap in the face,” said fisherman Frank Miles.
Kodiak’s commercial fishing fleet has been preparing for the area’s biggest tanner crab season since 1986. biggest Tanner crab fishery
“I’ve parlayed it into a very good livelihood,” he said. “I’ve raised three kids in this town on the back of fishing income, and it’s been a beautiful thing.”Miles normally fishes pot cod and longlines for halibut and black cod. He also tenders salmon. He sat out the beginning of this cod season so he could go out for Tanners instead. He didn’t think prices would be quite as high as last year’s record of “But I never in my wildest dreams thought that we’re gonna get offered $2.
Kodiak’s entire fleet sat out the season opener on Sunday – and they aren’t planning on fishing anytime soon. That includes fishermen in Chignik and the South Peninsula. “We are actively finding tenders right now, working with the processors out west to formulate a plan to move all this crab out west,” said Abena.
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