Only a handful of boats are still out hauling crab pots from the Bering Sea and they can be sure of a good price for their catch.
It’s just been a really good year for crab all around.
Jake Jacobsen is a four decade fishing veteran and director of the Inter-Cooperative Exchange, a harvester group that catches 70 percent of the Bering Sea crab quota. Right now the boats are finishing off the Tanner and snow crab shares.
