Alaska Man Sentenced to One Year in Prison over Illegal Transport of Crab to Washington • Washington State Standard

Alaska man sentenced to one year in prison over illegal transport of crab to Washington • Washington State Standard

Law enforcement officers examine a load of Alaska crab, much of it infested with Bitter Crab Syndrome, after it arrived in Washington state in 2024. (Photo provided by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Police)A Kodiak fisher has been sentenced to spend a year in jail for illegally shipping thousands of pounds of tanner crab, much of it infected with a parasitic disease, out of Alaska to Washington state, federal officials said. The …

AK man sentenced to one year in prison over illegal transport of crab to WA

Much of the illicit crab was infested with Bitter Crab Syndrome

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