Disaster relief applications open for captain and crew affected by 2021-22 and 2022-23 crab seasons

Disaster relief applications open for captain and crew affected by 2021-22 and 2022-23 crab seasons

Fishing boats lined up at the Spit Dock in Unalaska’s Port of Dutch Harbor on Nov. 19, 2025. (Theo Greenly/KUCB) Financial relief is finally reaching Alaska fishermen, roughly four years after the crab crash hit the Bering Sea fleet. The payments cover Bristol Bay red king crab and Bering Sea snow crab fisheries from the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 seasons, when stocks collapsed and the fisheries remained closed. The trade group Alaska Bering Sea Cr…