Disaster requests for Bering Sea crabbers highlight difficulty of getting financial relief to fishermen

The current process of getting financial relief to fishermen is cumbersome and takes a long time, but Bering Sea crabbers are hoping the plight of the snow crab population might change the way financial relief is delivered to fishermen. Gabriel Prout is a second-generation Bering Sea crab fisherman from Kodiak; he owns the F/V Silver Spray with his dad and brothers. He said there’s one big problem with the current process for handing out fishery disaster funding. “If you’re going to have a fishery disaster request program, you should be able to make it so the money is getting into the hands of those affected very quickly,” said Prout. Right now, it takes years for money to reach skippers and their crews. >click to read< 13:44

2 Responses to Disaster requests for Bering Sea crabbers highlight difficulty of getting financial relief to fishermen

  1. James catfish says:

    I feel for you guys..At least you have a boat thats paid for, but i feel for your crew! Owners will be OK. Its the guys who did the grunt work,with no ITQ who will perish..So sad for the crew

  2. Rocky Novello says:

    try

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