Pribilofs struggle with economic hardship

Mon, January 21, 2008 
Posted in Alaska News, Top Stories

The Bering Sea communities of St. Paul and St. George are sitting in the middle of one of the world’s richest oceans. But both are struggling economically. The crash of the opilio crab stock in 1999, hit the communities especially hard. And both villages have watched families lose good jobs, pack up and move away.

Annie Feidt, APRN - St. Paul

 
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