I used to be a crab fisherman up on the Bering many years ago. Cancelling "Opie" season has got to be awful.
Cancelling Kings for two years takes away the fisherman's "big money". Cancelling Opies takes away their "steady money". We also had a brief Bairdi season that was a bit in the middle. Wonder how or if they have seasons for them. That sucks.
As an aside, I noticed that in a story about "Snow Crab" the first photo NBC features is of a King Crab. lol...NBC
On the east coast the big restaurant food and the one you can buy at the supermarket —is the king crab.
Have they cancelled king crab fishing as well?
Is there a replacement available?