Norton Sound Economic Development Corp. and Norton Sound Seafood Products announced June 28 that fishermen will be paid $5.29 a pound this summer for Norton Sound red king crab at the dock in Nome.
Last year the crab price was set at $3.77 at the dock.
The community development quota crab fishery is scheduled to open June 28. Once the first deliveries can be checked for quality and meat-fill, NSSP will proceed with accepting deliveries from the open-access fishery.
NSSP is working on plans to continue its offering of tendering services from the Golovin area, and in the southern portion of Norton Sound. Tenders crab will fetch a price of $5.04 to fishermen.
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