Rather than just reach out to state and federal representatives for help, St. Paul's city manager said officials crafted an emergency resolution, which they hope will help soften anticipated blows caused by the crash in crab stocks.
The small island government of St. Paul is expecting a roughly $2.7 million loss in revenue from the collapsed crab fishery next year in 2023. has some of Western Alaska’s coastal towns taking a hard look at their futures, and one small island is bracing for a huge hit.
Fish and Game biologists said 2021 brought the largest crash in snow crab ever seen. And while the disappearance is somewhat of a mystery,Rather than just reach out to state and federal representatives for help, which the municipal government has done, Zavadil said officials crafted the emergency resolution, which they hope will help soften anticipated blows caused by the crash in crab stocks.
The Aleut Community of St. Paul Tribal Government estimated a roughly $670,000 loss from last year’s snow crab harvest reduction, according to the city’s disaster request letter. For the coming year, the Tribal government expects losses closer to $1 million. While many people were expecting the Bristol Bay red king crab closure, Elder Jacob Merculief, a longtime resident, subsistence fisher and the Mayor of St. Paul, said when he first heard that both fisheries would close this season, he was stunned.He’s worried about the ripple effects the shutdowns will have. He expects drops in school funding as families consider leaving the island, a loss of public safety services, reductions in city employee hours, and a rise in various island-wide taxes.
St. Paul city officials also sent a request for a fisheries disaster declaration to Dunleavy, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and other state and federal authorities.
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