June 25, 2024 — In March of 2020 a fishery disaster was declared for the 2019 Norton Sound Red King crab fishery and a year later for the 2019-2020 Bering Sea Tanner crab fishery.
Roughly four years later, affected fishers can now apply to receive a portion of $14.4 million in total federal relief funds for both fisheries.
Alaska Bering Sea Crabbers Executive Director Jamie Goen said the vast majority of that funding — nearly $13 million — will go to the Bering Sea Tanner crab fishery.
“The total for this disaster is around $13 million which can be shared with harvesters, processors, CDQ groups, communities’ research. We’re excited that that application process has started and is going to be open over the summer here,” Goen said.