Opilio season booming, but strange


Friday, February 16 2007
Unalaska, AK – This year's Bering Sea opilio crab season began last month, and it's been an unusual one so far. Crab fishermen are pulling up pots that are twice as full of opilio as they were five years ago, and market shortages have given them a much better price for their product than they had last year. But a combination of freak accidents and business decisions by seafood processors has wreaked havoc on the season. In Unalaska, KIAL's Charles Homans reports.