Strike’s Over: Bring on the Crab!
The roots of the strike began on Monday, December 26, when Pacific Choice Seafood attempted to lower the price per pound they paid fisherman from the previously agreed upon $3 per pound to $2.75 per pound.
According to the Humboldt Fisherman’s Marketing Association, “Many fishermen believed that Pacific Group picked what was perceived as the weak link in West Coast fishing communities as a way of causing cascading price reductions… .”
By Friday, December 30, the local crabbers went on strike. Other crabbers joined them in solidarity and crabs became scarce in the marketplace. According to the Humboldt Fisherman’s Marketing Association, crabbers “tied up from Morro Bay, California in the south to Westport, Washington, on the north.”
This evening, both sides came to an agreement and crabs could start pouring in as soon as the storms are over.
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I’m sorry to hear the crabbers weren’t able to hold out for the originally agreed upon $3/lb.
Great news that the fishermen can sell their crab! Too bad our guys couldn’t have been out the past couple of days before the storms hit.
Yea, but California crab is crab that even China refuses to eat.
The food chain isn’t what it used to be.
Chinese people eat anything and for them to ban it means it’s got to be making people sick.
Maybe the Chinese can buy it, can it, and sell it back to us. It’s the circle of life.
Bull
Actually it appears to be true http://www.seafoodnews.com/Story/1044840/China-Shuts-Down-Dungeness-Crab-Exports-from-US-for-Second-Time
The entire West Coast catch is boycotted by China because of California fisheries.
I feel for the people in healthy fisheries being brought down by California’s declining fisheries.
The real issue is if China won’t eat it, just how bad is it?
Chinese eat anything!
Reality can be hard to swallow, but these crabs shouldn’t be consumed because they are toxic.
Show me some facts Hasbro….Oh you can’t!! Thought so!!
I don’t know why you’re still here. Do you ever have anything nice or reasonable to say? You remind me so much of HOJ.
I was hoping they’d get the 3$ they were asking for.i guess I’ll just tip better.peace
It’s too bad that the crabbers didn’t get the price they wanted. Pacific Group and other major buyers could have easily paid 3 dollars a pound and the price increase to the consumer wouldn’t have been noticeable.
Shame on the big buyers. Such a dangerous occupation. They should have been happy to pay $3.00.
The imitation crabs are breathing a sigh of relief.
The Super Bowl crab feed is back on.