Alaska is sitting on an enormous gold mine (and no, this is not a reference to the gold rush the state experienced in the late 19th century), and as a consequence the state has a responsibility to ensure the responsible and sustainable harvesting of its most ample natural resource: its abundant fisheries. No other state in the Union (or part of the world, for that matter) has the kind or volume of wild seafood stocks that Alaska has within its domain, and which the entire world has acquired a taste for. Of the most prized (and as a result costly) of the state’s marine treats, Alaskan crab may perhaps be the most in demand, for which reason it has been incredibly important to render the practices in harvesting crab sustainable.
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