Summary

Canadian fishermen and American fisherman are fighting over who owns the crab bounty...who's getting too much and who isn't.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 2553
Story Slug Crab War (12/09/1997)
Location Seattle, Washington
Format Pkg
Date 12/9/1997
Archive Time 56:10
TRT 1:02
Supers EMBARGOED TO NWCN. Near Blaine, Washington 00:04-00:07 MOS 00:28-00:32 MOS 00:37-00:39 Rich Neily, American Crabber 00:45-00:48 Tom Burton, American Crabber Chris Legeros, Reporting
Video Description Wildlife officers pulling crab pots out of the water, someone holding a crab in his hand, SOT, officers throwing the crabs back into the water, SOT, crabs being thrown back, SOT, graphic, SOT, shot of fishing boat, SOT, officers pulling the pots up, SOT.
Description Canadian fishermen and American fisherman are fighting over who owns the crab bounty...who's getting too much and who isn't.
Script LEAD: Fish and Wildlife Officers pulled up more than four hundred Canadian crab pots from Boundary Bay near Blaine, Washington. For at least a decade, Canadian fishermen have dropped their pots just south of the U.S. border stealing thousands of dollars worth of crab from U.S. fishermen. Chris Legeros has more. SCRIPT: (NATSOUND) The crab pots are loaded. (SOT) But the people pulling them up are not fishermen. (SOT) And they aren't keeping their catch. (NATSOUND) These are State Fish And Wildlfe Enforcement Officers, and they're cracking down on Canadian crabbers who drop their pots in U.S. waters. (SOT) The poachers are ignoring concrete markers and lights along the international boundary. (SOT) A line stretching 16 miles from Blaine to Point Roberts. (SOT) American crabbers are angry about it. They say the Canadians are taking thousands of dollars worth of crab illegally. (SOT) Which is why the state is here seizing the Canadian pots, and releasing the crabs. (SOT)
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