Commercial Alaska crabbing permits to be issued Friday WASHINGTON — With the government shutdown over, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is opening the Bristol Bay Red King Crab Fishery to Washington state and Alaska crab fishermen, it was announced Thursday. NOAA will issue quota permits for each …
Oct. 18, 2013 - Q13 FOX Seattle
'Deadliest Catch' captain makes plea before Senate for crab permits WASHINGTON -- The two-week-old federal government shutdown is imperiling the livelihoods of Alaska crab catchers and threatening to erode American market shares in Japan, one of the stars of TV's 'Deadliest Catch' testified before a Senate committee Friday. Keith Colburn, captain of the Alaska crab-fishing vessel Wizard, said a prolonged shutdown could lead to pirated crab harvests as well ...
Oct. 11, 2013 - Seattle Times