Alaska, Washington senators team up to seek disaster declaration for closed crab harvests

"A collapse of those stocks prompted state and federal officials last month to fully close the 2022-23 season harvests of Bering Sea snow crab and Bristol Bay red king crab."

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Alaska, Washington senators team up to seek disaster declaration for closed crab harvests

Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan of Alaska and Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell of Washington sent the request to U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo.

Anchorage Daily News