Crab quota share prices increase, crews face quota loss
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Fish Radio] with Laine Welch May 3, 2017
This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch – Prices for crab quota increase and new rules will cut into crew shares. More after this --
As with halibut and black cod, Bering Sea crab fisheries also operate under a system that allots shares of the catch to fishermen. For crab, the pool of shares is split each year among roughly 400 "owning entities."
“Prices have gone up on a per pound basis ...
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