NOAA Helps Two Alaskan Communities Solve Snow Crab Delivery Problem in Bering Sea
The Alaskan cities of Saint Paul and Unalaska, with an assist from the agency that manages federal fisheries in the national Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), may now process 1.5 million pounds of snow crab caught north of Saint Paul Island, at Unalaska, with tax benefits going to Saint Paul.
Unalaska, near Dutch Harbor, is located on the Aleutian Chain. Two hundred miles northwest are the Pribilof Islands, the largest of which is Saint Paul, home of Trident Seafood’s large crab processing plant. That plant has been closed...
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