Two crewmen were rescued and the search continued for a third after a crabbing vessel found trouble near the Willapa Bay entrance.
After a price dispute delayed the start for two weeks, the fishery is now almost over.
The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a man who went missing near Willipa Bay when a crabbing boat began to sink, but his family is pleading with the public to help find him.
The International Pacific Halibut Commission has set a coastwide catch limit of 36.97 million pounds, a 10.3 percent decline from last year.
Legislators in Juneau have introduced a resolution urging defense of the Southeast Alaska troll fishery, which is threatened by an ongoing lawsuit.
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