Fishery Closures

Hey Everyone

My heart is weighing heavy thus evening as inflation is sky high, grocery, gas and rent prices are higher than ever, while wages remain too low for the work being put in and that is expected to be done. Employers want to pay rock bottom wages while expecting employees to put more time and energy in to get more work done for the low wages.

The other day I was scrolling through my Instagram feed when I came across Bri Dwyers latest post. Bri is the wife of Sean Dwyer who owns and Operates the Brenna A – a large fishing boat and has been on Deadliest Catch. Her post was about how the King Crab fishery in Alaska is closed for the second season in a row, and that the snow crab fishery is closed for the first time in history.

The closing of these two fisheries even for a season, has a huge impact on so many people’s livelihoods. Not only does it impact the fisherman and their families, it impacts the ports, the canneries / processing plants, and on down the line.

While I am not in Alaska, and these two closures don’t directly impact my life, I will be watching how things play out when it comes tike for Dungeness Crab season here in Oregon and the impact that has on the small coastal communities that I love and visit as often as possible.