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Alaskan Crabbers Fear Russian Pinch in US Gov’t Shutdown

“There’s a ton of Russian product in Japanese cold storage. If the Japanese are not able to procure crab from Alaska, they’re not going to give up crab during the holidays,” Mark Gleason, head of the Alaska Bering Sea Crabbers, a Seattle-based industry group, told RIA Novosti by telephone Wednesday. more@rinovosti  23:53