It’s closer to Beijing than Washington – and residents of this Alaskan outpost are reeling from Trump’s policies
Source: The Guardian ·
On the Bering Sea, Unalaska is the US’s most productive seafood port, employing thousands of workers. But Trump’s cuts, and his disastrous war with Iran, have caused chaos – and put Republican control of Congress at riskIt was less than 17 hours until the start of Alaska’s lucrative Bering Sea crab season, and Oystein Lone was standing on a dock in the city of Unalaska, preparing to embark in…
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It was less than 17 hours until the start of Alaska’s lucrative Bering Sea crab season, and Oystein Lone was standing on a dock in the city of Unalaska, preparing to embark in rough conditions. The problem wasn’t the next day’s forecast of 60mph gusts, which would kick up white-capped swells and make crabbing, already one of the most dangerous jobs in the United States, even more hazardous. Nor was it the question of whether there’d be enough red king, tanner and snow crabs to go around – state regulators had, in fact, announced higher quotas for the season. What was bothering Lone, as the sun sank lower in the sky that Wednesday evening, was the question of how to make the numbers work when diesel cost more than ever, thanks to the war with Iran. “This is the most challenging time I’ve seen,” said Lone, who has been fishing since 1989. He had already spent $86,000 to put 12,000 gallons of the fuel in one of his two boats, but the price had climbed higher since then, and if he wanted…
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