Strike’s Over: Bring on the Crab!

Nick Colazas, local crabber, with his crew. [Photos all by Wendy Horn]

Good news for crab lovers! The crabbers have agreed to go back looking for the succulent crustaceans. Today, they have accepted the price of $2.875 per pound. Of course, the coming storms might keep them in port but some crabbers are planning on heading out tomorrow.

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.

 

Rainbow and a crab boat

The Ashlyn D, a local crab boat, tied up under a rainbow.  [Photo by Wendy Horn]

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Poster formerly known as Matt
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Poster formerly known as Matt
7 years ago

I’m sorry to hear the crabbers weren’t able to hold out for the originally agreed upon $3/lb.

Tall Trees
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Tall Trees
7 years ago

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.

Honeydew Bridge Chump
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Honeydew Bridge Chump
7 years ago

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.

Tailgate
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Tailgate
7 years ago

Maybe the Chinese can buy it, can it, and sell it back to us. It’s the circle of life.

Suz
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Suz
7 years ago

Bull

Some guy
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Some guy
7 years ago
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Honeydew Bridge Chump
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Honeydew Bridge Chump
7 years ago
Reply to  Some guy

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.

amimissingsomething
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7 years ago

Show me some facts Hasbro….Oh you can’t!! Thought so!!

Anonymous
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Anonymous
7 years ago

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.

G-MAS
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G-MAS
7 years ago

I was hoping they’d get the 3$ they were asking for.i guess I’ll just tip better.peace

reo6205
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reo6205
7 years ago

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.

Veterans friend
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Veterans friend
7 years ago

Shame on the big buyers. Such a dangerous occupation. They should have been happy to pay $3.00.

gunther
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gunther
7 years ago

The imitation crabs are breathing a sigh of relief.
The Super Bowl crab feed is back on.